title: Epilepsy.
abstract: The successful management of epilepsy requires a thorough and individualized approach that accurately establishes the patient's seizure type(s) and, when appropriate, epilepsy syndrome. Selection of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapy should be rational and tailored to each patient. In this manner, clinicians are able to take advantage of new treatments to minimize the impact of seizures, treatment side effects, and epilepsy-related psychosocial difficulties on their patients, thereby enabling them to function in society at the highest possible level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. sschacht@caregroup.harvard.edu
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Schachater
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001921:Brain / Q000601:surgery; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D014630:Vagus Nerve
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants