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Helping people with communication difficulties 4: Epilepsy

Intermediate Level

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Journal articles

Bourdet SV. Gidal BE. Alldredge BK. Pharmacologic management of epilepsy in the elderly. Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association, 2001; 41(3):421-36.

The misdiagnosis of epilepsy: the rate of misdiagnosis and wide treatment choices are arguments for specialist care of epilepsy. British Medical Journal, 2002; 324: 495-6

Cunninham O. Zaagman P. Modern management of epilepsy (keeping the person in focus) Learning Disability Practice. 2000; 3: 16-19.

Dodrill CB. Progressive cognitive decline in adolescents and adults with epilepsy. Progress in Brain Research. 2002; 135: 399-407.

Ellis N. Upton D. Thompson P. Epilepsy and the family: a review of current literature. Seizure, 2000; 9(1):22-30.

Loughran S. O'Brien D. Epilepsy liaison nursing. Nursing Times, 2002; 98(10): 32-4.

MacDonald D. Torrance N, Wood S. General practice based nurse specialists: taking a lead in improving the care of people with epilepsy. Seizure, 2000;  9:31-35.

Management of epilepsy in adolescents and adults. Lancet, 2000; 356:323-9.

Welsh M. The practice nurse's role in the management of epilepsy. British Journal of Community Nursing. 2001; 6(3): 112-7.

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