title: [Drug treatment of epilepsy: update].
abstract: Medical treatment of epilepsy has evolved during the last ten years. The "Epileptic Syndrome Classification" established in 1989 and new antiepileptic drugs account for these changes. This article recalls the principal rules of medical treatment of epilepsy and reviews new antiepileptic drugs available in Belgium.
authors.affiliation: Services de Neurologie et de, Hôpital Erasme, U.L.B.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Bogaert
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tugendhaft
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thiriaux
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants