Comment on Epilepsy in cerebrovascular diseases: Review of experimental and clinical data with meta‐analysis of risk factors

Treatment of epilepsy in multiple sclerosis

“…Finally, it is possible that the low rates of seizure freedom reflect lower ambitions in management of seizures in patients with MS compared to the general epilepsy population. In poststroke epilepsy, another form of acquired epilepsy, the rate of seizure freedom at a Swedish tertiary center was considerably lower than those reported in clinical trials performed in the same patient group [18,19]. In our study, low rates of seizure freedom were seen at both Swedish hospitals.…”

Response to Comment on Epilepsy in cerebrovascular disease: Review of experimental and clinical data with meta‐analysis of risk factors

“…We thank Dr. Zelano for his kind interest in our work. 1 We agree that results of clinical trials on poststroke epilepsy (PSE) may be different from those of "real-life" studies. However, a number of considerations should be pointed out.…”