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[Criteria of severity of intractable focal epilepsy in adults]
1Unité médico-chirurgicale de l'épilepsie, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, 80 avenue A. Fliche, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France. p_gelisse@hotmail.com
Abstract:
The most important criteria of severity of intractable focal epilepsies are the high frequency of seizure and the type of seizure, in particular seizures with fall. However, the presence of a brain lesion and its localization, handicap, number of antiepileptic drugs, poor social integration, history of status epilepticus, mortality, traumas, cognitive impairments, depressive symptoms and alteration of quality-of-life are also criteria of gravity. In this article, we propose a review of these various elements limiting our discussion to adults.
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