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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="oration" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Russian Journal of Child Neurology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Russian Journal of Child Neurology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Русский журнал детской неврологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2073-8803</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2412-9178</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Publishing House ABV Press</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">549</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17650/2073-8803-2026-21-1-86-97</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>CONFERENCES, SYMPOSIA, MEETINGS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>КОНФЕРЕНЦИИ, СИМПОЗИУМЫ, СОВЕЩАНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Conference Report, Theses of Report</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Non-medical switching of antiepileptic drugs in epilepsy: clinical risks and consensus recommendations for their minimization. Resolution of the Central Federal District Board of Experts in Neurology and Epileptology (March 28, 2026)</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Немедицинская замена антиэпилептических препаратов при эпилепсии: клинические риски и консенсусные рекомендации по их минимизации. Резолюция экспертного совета неврологов-эпилептологов Центрального федерального округа (28 марта 2026 г.)</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2026-04-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>21</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>86</fpage><lpage>97</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-05-06"><day>06</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-05-06"><day>06</day><month>05</month><year>2026</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2026, ABV-Press</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2026, АБВ-пресс</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">ABV-Press</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">АБВ-пресс</copyright-holder><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/549">https://rjdn.abvpress.ru/jour/article/view/549</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="ru"><p/></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p/></trans-abstract><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Badalyan O.L., Bogomazova M.A., Zhuravleva I.I. et al. 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