Reconsideration of the definition of drug resistant epilepsy
10.3760/cma.j.cn113694-20191212-00778
- VernacularTitle:耐药性癫痫界定的再思考
- Author:
Zihan YU
1
;
Nian YU
;
Qing DI
Author Information
1. 南京医科大学附属脑科医院神经内科 210029
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2020;53(8):636-640
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
International League Against Epilepsy published a unified standard for drug resistant epilepsy by numbers of unsuccessful anti-epileptic drugs, criteria for seizure control and follow-up time in 2009. However, there are still some problems and even some controversies in the clinical application of this standard. To provide references for future clinical application and scientific research, we reconsider the definition of drug resistant epilepsy from its historical definitions, core elements and existing problems, and propose that some drug resistant epilepsy patients are probably more appropriately defined as chronic epilepsy.
