USE OF ANTIMUSCARINIC DRUGS FOR PREVENTING THE ONSET OF EPILEPSY

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

Applicant:	Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Unifesp)
Year:	2004
Application Number:	DE602004014344T
IPC:	A61K 31/137

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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