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Epilepsy

Vol. 511 No. 7508_supp ppS1-S48
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  • Epilepsy is a common neurological condition that affects 50 million people worldwide. For many patients, medication helps reduce seizure frequency; for drug-resistant epilepsy, treatments include diet therapy and neurosurgery. Although discussed and feared for millennia, progress towards understanding epilepsy has been slow — even with help from modern genetic and neurological analysis. Stigmatization of people with epilepsy continues in certain parts of the world and though lack of funding limits epilepsy research, new ways to treat and manage seizures are on the horizon.

    Cover Art: Nik Spencer

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Produced with support of an independent medical education grant from Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.