4th Pediatric Infectious Diseases Conference
 
 
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Question
A 15 year old female has been epileptic for 10years. She is on double therapy, tegretol 800mg+clonazepam 2mg/day. FH is +ve for epilepsy & MR. there has been no dramatic response to that treatment, What could be done? CAT scan is negative.
Answer
An EEG and MRI is required to determine the type of epilepsy. Also One needs to know the type of convulsion. Depending on all these one may have to give other ACTs.
 
 
 
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