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Rationale for treating epilepsy in children Volume 4, supplément 2, Supplement 2, October 2002

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Neurosciences Unit, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and Institute of Child Health, The Wolfson Centre, Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AP, UK
  • Page(s) : 9-22
  • Année de parution : 2002

The development of new diagnostic tools, antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) and surgical techniques have prompted considerable changes in the approach to management of epilepsy in children. Advances in clinical pharmacology, a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in epileptogenesis, and a more precise diagnosis of the specific aetiology and epilepsy syndrome, now allow a more rational choice of drugs [1]. Certain childhood epilepsy [...]