[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.
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Neurologische Abteilung, Bezirkskrankenhaus Günzburg, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Ulm.
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.