The understanding of seizures and epilepsy has grown tremendously in the past decade,
and many more treatment options have become available. Yet, pediatric epilepsy still
remains a great challenge for clinicians to manage. This article describes how seizures
and epilepsy are understood and classified today and how to approach the management
of patients with seizures and updates the pediatrician on the newest approaches to
epilepsy treatment.
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