Intractable Epilepsy: Definition and Neurobiology
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Intractable epilepsy: definition and neurobiology.
Approximately 20% ef individuals with a diagnosis of epilepsy have seizures that are not adequately controlled by antiepileptic drugs, In some of these, the patients fail to respond because their paroxysmal events are not epileptic; in others, an incorrect treatment plan has been prescribed, either due to misdiagnosis of seizure type or misinformation about appropriate therapy; and in still oth...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsia
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0013-9580,1528-1167
DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.42.s6.10.x