Neurological Comorbidity and Epilepsy Treatment

Epilepsy can occur in the setting of a host of other neurological and systemic diseases. Clinicians must address practical issues arising from interactions between the diseases and between their treatments.

Zaccara reviews the issues that arise in the treatment of epilepsy in patients with cerebrovascular disease, dementia, mental retardation, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, brain tumor, CNS infection, migraine, sleep disturbance, substance abuse, or multiple sclerosis.