The early treatment and prognosis of epilepsy.
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Recent community- and hospital-based studies of epilepsy from its onset suggest a much better prognosis than previously recognized, with about three-quarters of patients entering long-term remission on current medication. The first two years of medication are crucial in determining longer-term prognosis. Early effective therapy may be important in preventing the evolution of chronic epilepsy. Adverse prognostic factors include brain lesions, neuropsychiatric handicaps, and poor compliance.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 60 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1987