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NEUROLOGY IN PRACTICE: EPILEPSY
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Epilepsy is a common chronic disorder affecting at least 350 000 persons in the UK. Patients with blackouts and suspected epilepsy account for about 20% of new referrals to neurological outpatients and those with epilepsy a considerable proportion of patients under follow up.
In the last two decades developments in epilepsy have occurred on several fronts, with improvements in classification; development of new drugs and greater understanding of pharmacokinetics of existing drugs; and advances in neuroimaging …