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Treatment with anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) is usually initiated or strongly considered for the following patients:
- Children and adults who have had two or three seizures, unless there is either a long separation between seizures or the seizure is provoked by an injury or other specific causes. (In children, risk for recurrence after a single unprovoked seizure is rare. The risk even after a second seizure is low, even when the seizure is prolonged.)
- Children and adults after a s...
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