Krauss GL, Ritzl EK. Identifying and treating clinical subgroups of patients with epilepsy: a case review.
Med Clin North Am 2003;
87:725-46, viii. [PMID:
12812410 DOI:
10.1016/s0025-7125(03)00010-5]
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Abstract
This article uses case reviews to illustrate key clinical features of several important epilepsy subgroups: newly diagnosed patients with epilepsy, women of childbearing age with seizures, elderly patients who develop epilepsy, patients with developmental disabilities, and patients with medication-resistant epilepsy. Characteristic clinical features for these patients (seizure types, ages of seizure onset, and treatment responses) guide clinical evaluation, treatment selections, and monitoring for medication side effects and seizures.
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