PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - A. David Rothner
TI  - Intractable seizure disorders of childhood
DP  - 1984 Sep 21
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 505--510
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/3/505.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/51/3/505.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1984 Sep 21; 51
AB  - The evaluation of the child with intractable seizures is reviewed. Important in this diagnosis are a review of the history to classify seizures and rule out nonepileptiform conditions; a review of the general physical and neurological examinations to rule out any previously undiagnosed conditions; repeating laboratory studies to make sure no etiologies have been Undiscovered; and the use of multiple therapies, including combinations of antiepileptic drugs, the ketogenic diet, and seizure surgery. Infantile spasms, myoclonic seizures, and complex partial seizures have the most unfavorable prognoses.