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Transition in adulthood: The challenge of epilepsies
Author(s) -
Nabbout Rima,
Camfield Peter
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/epi.12718
Subject(s) - epilepsy , adult care , variety (cybernetics) , medicine , transition (genetics) , pediatrics , psychiatry , psychology , young adult , gerontology , computer science , biology , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , gene
Summary Transfer and transition for children with epilepsy to adult care is challenging because of the variety of epilepsies and of multiple comorbidities. We held an international closed symposium with 48 experts and initiated an international effort to improve transition and offer to our patients with lifelong disease a successful transfer of care.