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The goal of the physician treating an individual patient with epilepsy is to help them to achieve the best quality of life possible, by careful tailoring of their antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment and attention to the wider implications of epilepsy.
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Duncan, J.S. (1993). Conventional and Clinimetric Approaches to Individualization of Antiepileptic Drug Therapy. In: Meinardi, H., Cramer, J.A., Baker, G.A., da Silva, A.M. (eds) Quantitative Assessment in Epilepsy Care. NATO ASI Series, vol 255. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2990-3_15
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