RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pharmacoresistant epilepsy: From pathogenesis to current and emerging therapies
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 457
OP 467
DO 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09061
VO 77
IS 7
A1 Sandipan Pati
A1 Andreas v. Alexopoulos
YR 2010
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/7/457.abstract
AB Almost one-third of people with epilepsy continue to have seizures despite appropriate antiepileptic drug treatment, placing them at considerable risk of cognitive and psychosocial dysfunction and death. We recommend early referral to an epilepsy center when seizures are difficult to control.