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Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome.

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Trial of Cannabidiol for Drug-Resistant Seizures in the Dravet Syndrome.
Orrin Devinsky, J Helen Cross, Linda Laux, Eric Marsh, Ian Miller et al.
The New England journal of medicine PubMed DOI
Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Dravet syndrome is a complex childhood epilepsy disorder that is associated with drug-resistant seizures and a high mortality rate. We studied cannabidiol for the treatment of drug-resistant seizures in the Dravet syndrome. METHODS: In this double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned 120 children and young adults with the Dravet syndrome and drug-resistant seizures to receive either cannabidiol oral solution at a dose of 20 mg per kilogram of body weight per day ...

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