title: [Epilepsy].
abstract: Epilepsy affects around 33,000 people in Denmark. The classification of the epilepsies is currently under revision and the clinical course of the disease depends on the underlying aetiology. Diagnostic evaluation includes EEG and often long-term video-EEG monitoring to ensure the diagnosis and clas-sification. More than two thirds of patients with epilepsy can obtain complete seizure control. The remainders, counting around 12.000 patients in Denmark, having medical refractory epilepsy should be considered for other treatment options; epilepsy surgery or other non-pharmacological treatment.
authors.affiliation: Epilepsiklinikken, Neurologisk Afdeling, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 København Ø. anne.sabers@rh.regionh.dk.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sabers
authors.forename: Troels W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Kjær
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D014741:Video Recording / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants