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Several years ago, the benchmark of epilepsy treatment was viewed as effects on seizures – frequency, severity, etc. As inevitable changes in health care occur, more emphasis is placed on the overall well-being of the patient, especially in pediatric cases. The outcomes of treatment over many years are of concern, and physicians, health care workers, and parents are all concerned with “quality of life.”
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McCandless, D.W. (2012). Quality of Life for Epileptics. In: Epilepsy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-0361-6_39
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