Initially, should anti-epileptic drug therapy be used single or in combina tions ?
Do patients with psychomotor seizures respond well to anti-grand mal drugs?
In patients with recalcitrant epilepsy, what therapy other than drug therapy has been shown effective?
Do children with petit mal epilepsy have low, average, or above average in telligence quotients?
Should children with epilepsy be given more, less, or the same amount of affec tion and discipline as a child not subject to seizures?
When patients, in rigid control, func tion on a level below their intellectual potential, what factors are usually re sponsible?
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