0 a condition of the brain that causes a person to become unconscious for short periods or to move in a violent and uncontrolled way:
1 a disease of the brain that may cause a person to become unconscious and fall, and to lose control of his or her movements for a short time
As the family doctor is generally not considered to be fully equipped for assessment of epilepsy, this can be described as 'doctor's delay'.
The presenting syndrome in early childhood is usually epilepsy, the characteristic rash rarely appearing before the age of 7 years.
The information and counselling needs of people with epilepsy.
A recent overview, however,84 failed to find convincing evidence that specialist epilepsy nurses improve outcomes for people with epilepsy overall.
Patients with a history of traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, alcohol or substance dependence or other neurological or psychiatric conditions were excluded.
It was on the evidence of epilepsy alone that the judge justified his ruling of insanity.
The diagnoses of epilepsy may be less secure and the clinical information incomplete.
It would appear that epilepsy per se does not load mortality.
