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Epilepsy, mental health, adults with learning disability ? reviewing the evidence
Psychiatry, 11/09/09

Fitzgerald B et al. – Epilepsy, the experience of learning disability and the experience of mental health problems frequently occur in the same individual and can cause severe disadvantage, distress and vulnerability to the individual, together with a burden of care on families or carers. The challenges posed to clinicians include unpicking the complexities involved in understanding symptoms and presentations as well as the very limited evidence–based guiding management strategies.

Current and future treatment of epilepsy
The Internet Journal of Neurology, 11/03/09 Relevance Score: 91%

“It shouldn’t be something that's evil, it should be talked about”: A phenomenological approach to epilepsy and stigma
Seizure - European Journal of Epilepsy, 10/15/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Interictal EEG spikes identify the region of electrographic seizure onset in some, but not all, pediatric epilepsy patients
Epilepsia, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Medically intractable epilepsy in Sturge-Weber syndrome is associated with cortical malformation: Implications for surgical therapy
Epilepsia, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 89%

Pathologic cardiac repolarization in pharmacoresistant epilepsy and its potential role in sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: A case–control study
Epilepsia, 10/21/09 Relevance Score: 88%