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Sites:
The Epilepsy Foundation (formerly the Epilepsy Foundation
of America) offers a range of information and services for
people with epilepsy. They can also point you to local affiliates
of the foundation. The Epilepsy Foundation, 4351 Garden City
Drive, Landover, MD 20785. 800-332-1000; 301-459-3700 http://www.efa.org
Surgery for Epilepsy:
odp.od.nih.gov/consensus/cons/077/077_statement.htm
A statement of how epileptic patients should be treated.
See also: A
Storm in the Brain
Published Articles:
"Memory and intelligence in lateralized
temporal lobe epilepsy and schizophrenia," by
J. Gold, T. Blaxton and others. Schizophrenia Research, vol
17, pp. 59-65.
"Learning impairment in epileptic
patients," by P. Loiseau and others. Epilepsia,
vol. 24, pp. 182-192.
"Transient epileptic amnesia: a description of the clinical
and neuropsychological features in 10 cases and a review of
the literature," by A. Zeman and others. Journal
of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, vol. 64, pp. 435-443.
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