CBD-enriched medical cannabis for intractable pediatric epilepsy
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CBD-enriched medical cannabis for intractable pediatric epilepsy The current Israeli experience
PURPOSE To describe the experience of five Israeli pediatric epilepsy clinics treating children and adolescents diagnosed as having intractable epilepsy with a regimen of medical cannabis oil. METHODS A retrospective study describing the effect of cannabidiol (CBD)-enriched medical cannabis on children with epilepsy. The cohort included 74 patients (age range 1-18 years) with intractable epil...
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عنوان ژورنال: Seizure
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1059-1311
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2016.01.004