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A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intravenous levetiracetam versus intravenous phenytoin in terminating acute, prolonged tonic clonic seizures including convulsive status epilepticus in children, the 'EcLiPSE' Study: Emergency treatment with Levetiracetam or Phenytoin in Status Epilepticus.
Project title: A pragmatic randomised controlled trial of intravenous levetiracetam versus intravenous phenytoin in terminating acute, prolonged tonic clonic seizures including convulsive status epilepticus in children, the 'EcLiPSE' Study: Emergency treatment with Levetiracetam or Phenytoin in Status Epilepticus.
Chief investigator: Dr Richard Appleton
Contractor: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Co-investigators: Dr Anand Iyer, Dr Kerry Woolfall, Dr Mark Lyttle, Dr Mary Ryan, Dr Shrouk Messahel, Mrs Victoria Evans, Ms Heather Bagley, Ms Helen Hickey, Ms Jo Noblet, Professor Carrol Gamble.
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