1. THE ROLE OF CAM IN THE TREATMENT OF By: Maria Isabel Otero Honors College - USF Literature Review Mentor : Dr. Amal Hakki
2. Swedish Chemist (1833 - 1896) Poem describing his epileptic SEIZURES My cradle looked a deathbed, and for years a mother watched with ever anxious care so little chance, to save the flickering light, I scarce could muster strength to drain the breast, and the convulsions followed, till I gasped upon the brink of nothingness - my frame a school for agony with death for goal. Founder of the Nobel Prizes
11. “ Salam Spasm” in a Five Month-Old Baby Lasting Approx. 2-3 Seconds
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23. Epileptic surgery removes the focus of the epilepsy, i.e. the part of the brain where the seizures are triggered
24. 70% of patients manage their epileptic attacks with the use of drugs. But the other 30% are treated with surgery.
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26. LOBE RESECTION , the most common procedure among adults and adolescents, is the removal of the lobe where the onset of the seizure takes place. LESIONECTOMY detaches isolated brain lesions, such as areas of injury, tumors, or malformed blood vessels.
