[Principles of the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy].
The diagnostic and differential-diagnostic necessities that result from an epileptic seizure are presented in synoptic form: the most common cause of an initial attack is alcohol withdrawal, inflammatory processes or tumors. In known epileptics, irregular use (non-compliance) of the drugs prescribed--or an infection (GI tract infection with disordered absorption) may be the triggering factor. Attention is drawn to the importance of the determination of serum levels (of anti-epileptic drugs). The establishment of day profiles in known epileptics can reveal inadequate or irregular ingestion of prescribed drugs to be the causal factor.
Neurologische Abteilung, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Ulm.
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D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans
D000927:Anticonvulsants
Grundzüge der Epilepsiediagnose und -therapie.