Non-pharmacological Interventions for Intractable Epilepsy

Non-pharmacological Interventions for Intractable Epilepsy

In 30% of epileptic individuals, intractable epilepsy represents a problem for the management of seizures and severely affects the patient's quality of life due to pharmacoresistance with commonly used antiseizure drugs (ASDs). Surgery is not the best option for all resistant patients due to it...

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Main Authors: Faleh Alqahtani, Imran Imran, Hafsa Pervaiz, Waseem Ashraf, Nadia Perveen, Muhammad Fawad Rasool, Abdullah F. Alasmari, Metab Alharbi, Noreen Samad, Saleh Abdullah Alqarni, Salim S. Al-Rejaie, Mohammed Mufadhe Alanazi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal
Subjects:
Intractable epilepsy
Ketogenic diet
Anaplerotic diet
Vagus nerve stimulation
Transcranial magnetic stimulation Biofeedback therapy
Music therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319016420301353

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