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2022 Nov 12


Pediatr Neurol


139

Cannabidiol Treatment for Neurological, Cognitive, and Psychiatric Symptoms in Sturge-Weber Syndrome.

Authors

Smegal LF, Vedmurthy P, Ryan M, Eagen M, Andrejow N W, Sweeney K, Reidy T G, Yeom SE, Lin DD, Suskauer SJ, Kalb LG, Salpekar JA, Zabel AT, Comi AM
Pediatr Neurol. 2022 Nov 12; 139:24-34.
PMID: 36508880.

Abstract

A prior drug trial of cannabidiol for treatment-resistant epilepsy in patients with Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS), a rare neurovascular condition, implicated improvements in neurological, quality of life (QOL), neuropsychologic, psychiatric, and motor outcomes.