Andrew N. Wilner, MD, FACP, FAAN, a Neurohospitalist at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital, discusses evaluation and management of children with epilepsy. Understanding the underlying disorder and subtype of epilepsy can influence treatment choices.

Examples of important issues can be metabolic problems in children and disorders such as benign rolandic epilepsy and primary absence seizures.

Pick the best drug for the individual child and adjust the doses as the child grows.

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