ABSTRACT
Epilepsy is defined as the condition, or more accurately the set of conditions, in which individuals have a tendency to recurrent, usually unprovoked epileptic seizures. These can be of many types (Table 10.1), of multiple aetiologies and associated with markedly differing responses to treatment. It is the most common chronic serious neurological disorder and affects four to ten out of every 1000 people, in the developed world.1
