New anti-epileptic drugs in paediatrics

• Main Authors: Ignacio Málaga (Author), Rocío Sánchez-Carpintero (Author), Susana Roldán (Author), Julio Ramos-Lizana (Author), Juan José García-Peñas (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

It is estimated that about 70 million people all over the world suffer from epilepsy, half of which are children, in whom the prevalence is around 0.5-0.8%. Although there are several therapies, the treatment of epilepsy is based mainly on drugs, which, depending on the year of coming onto the marke...