Participating Faculty: Strategies for Improving Outcomes in the Management of Epilepsy: Clinician and Payer Perspectives - Part II

Strategies for Improving Outcomes in the Management of Epilepsy: Clinician and Payer Perspectives - Part II

This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care provides an overview of epilepsy, including definition, diagnosis, and classification. Also discussed are the available treatments for epilepsy, considerations when selecting therapy for individual patients, and the role of combination therapy.

Faculty

Michael Privitera, MD

Professor of Neurology

University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Director

Epilepsy Center at the UC Neuroscience Institute

Cincinnati, Ohio

Faculty Disclosures

Michael Privitera, MD has disclosed the following relevant commercial financial relationships or affiliations in the past 12 months.

Grants: UCB, Inc

Honoraria: Janssen-Cilag; Pfizer; UCB, Inc

Lectureship: Pfizer; UCB, Inc

This supplement was supported by UCB, Inc.

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