USE OF ANTIMUSCARINIC DRUGS FOR PREVENTING THE ONSET OF EPILEPSY

Office	WIPO
Document type:	Patent
Inventor(s):	Luiz Eugenio Araujo De Moraes Mello; Simone Kastropil Benassi; Cristiane Gorgati; Cristina Gonçalves Massant

Applicant:	Cristiane Gorgati; Cristina Gonçalves Massant; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Luiz Eugênio Araújo de Mello; Simone Kastropil Benassi; Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)
Year:	2004
Application Number:	PCT/BR2004/000020
IPC:	A61K 31/137 A61K 31/44 A61P 25/08

Abstract

The use of antimuscarinic drugs, biperiden in special, as a medication for preventing the onset of epilepsy that might ensue after the condition of status epileticus, major head trauma, including those occasioned by neurosurgical trauma, and acute lesional events to the brain.

Grantee:	Simone Kastropil Benassi
Principal Investigator:	Luiz Eugenio Araujo de Moraes Mello
Institution:	Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus São Paulo. Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM)
Support Opportunities:	Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate

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