Defining intractable epilepsy is essential not only to identify up to 40% of patients refractory
to pharmacological management, but also to facilitate selection and comparison of such …

To improve patient care and facilitate clinical research, the International League Against
Epilepsy (ILAE) appointed a Task Force to formulate a consensus definition of drug resistant …

We evaluated the interrater reliability of the consensus definition of drug-resistant epilepsy
proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy. According to the definition …

We define intractable in the first 5 years of epilepsy treatment as an average of at least one
seizure every 2 months. For the longer term, we define intractable as at least one seizure per …

Purpose: The recent definition of drug‐resistant epilepsy proposed by the International
League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) stipulated failure of an adequate trial of two tolerated …

The incidence of refractory epilepsy remains high despite the influx of many new
antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) over the past 10 years. Epidemiological data indicate that 20 …

Recently, a Task Force appointed by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
formulated a consensus definition of drug-resistant epilepsy as failure of two antiepileptic …

Nearly 30% of patients with epilepsy are not controlled by currently available antiepileptic
drugs and/0r surgical procedures. Consequently, it is not surprising that terms like “drug …

Abstract The Epilepsy Therapy Screening Program (ETSP), formerly known as the
Anticonvulsant Screening Program (ASP), has played an important role in the preclinical …

Objective Although many studies have attempted to describe treatment outcomes in patients
with drug‐resistant epilepsy, results are often limited by the adoption of nonhomogeneous …