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Epilepsy syndromes in Childhood

Background

The epilepsy syndromes of infancy and childhood broadly separate into benign and more severe. The benign conditions usually occur in an otherwise normal child and are of one type of attack, normally easily treated and tending to show natural remission over time. Benign syndromes, including febrile seizures and benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes, quite often don't need treatment.

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Medical text written January 2006 by Professor B Neville, Professor of Childhood Epilepsy, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

 

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