title: Treatment of epilepsy.
abstract: Seizure patterns usually reflect known functions of the involved areas of the brain. The causes of epilepsy vary with the age at onset. For the purposes of determining drug therapy, seizures are divided into three groups. Focal and tonic-clonic seizures respond to one group of drugs, and absence seizures respond to another group. Surgical therapy may be beneficial in some patients with medically intractable epilepsy.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants