title: Potassium bromide for treatment of malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The syndrome of malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy is a rare epileptic syndrome with a devastating course characterized by early onset of continuous pharmacoresistent multifocal seizures arising from multiple independent sites of both hemispheres with unknown etiology.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 2-month-old boy with the characteristic clinical and electroencephalograph pattern of migrating partial seizures in infancy was treated with potassium bromide. His seizures were unresponsive to the conventional and new generation antiepileptic drugs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The seizure frequency was reduced markedly with potassium bromide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Potassium bromide, an old antiepileptic drug, is useful in the treatment of malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy.
authors: Division of Child Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Mersin Women and Children's Hospital, Mersin, Turkey. Electronic address: olcaymd@hotmail.com.
authors: Olcay
authors: O
authors: Ünver
authors: Faruk
authors: F
authors: Incecik
authors: Hülya
authors: H
authors: Dündar
authors: Mustafa
authors: M
authors: Kömür
authors: Afşin
authors: A
authors: Ünver
authors: Çetin
authors: Ç
authors: Okuyaz
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001965:Bromides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D001965:Bromides; D017680:Potassium Compounds; C039004:potassium bromide
keywords: malignant migrating partial seizures in infancy; potassium bromide; refractory epilepsy