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Features of diagnostics and treatment of focal epilepsy in children (lecture)

Features of diagnostics and treatment of focal epilepsy in children (lecture)

December 26, 2019

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Neurology and Psychiatry

Stetsenko T.I.

Keywords :

epilepsy,

focal epilepsy,

treatment of epilepsy

Specialities :

Neurology and Psychiatry

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Epilepsy is heterogeneous group of diseases and syndromes with different etiology and prognosis, which need an individual treatment. Children suffer from epilepsy more often than adults. The article describes focal forms of epilepsies in children and modern approaches to their treatment according to the international guidelines.

Published: 26.12.2019

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