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SUBMITTER: Granata T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3761964 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Granata Tiziana T Marchi Nicola N Carlton Erin E Ghosh Chaitali C Gonzalez-Martinez Jorge J Alexopoulos Andreas V AV Janigro Damir D
Expert review of neurotherapeutics 20091201 12
Epilepsy imposes a significant clinical, epidemiologic and economic burden on societies throughout the world. Despite the development of more than ten new antiepileptic drugs over the past 15 years, approximately a third of patients with epilepsy remain resistant to pharmacotherapy. Individuals who fail to respond, or respond only partially, continue to have incapacitating seizures. Managing patients with medically refractory epilepsy is challenging and requires a structured multidisciplinary ap ...[more]