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interest:
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INFORMATION ABOUT EPILEPSY
Gelastic Seizures - description on www.epilepsy.org
Epilepsy
Drug Guide - contains information about anti-epileptic medications
Medscape Epilepsy Resource Center (US) - a collection of the latest
information on epilepsy, including news of medical and surgical therapies
currently in development, conference summaries, articles, MEDLINE abstracts,
links to government and professional organizations, practice guidelines, and
practical clinical tools.
EPILEPSY ASSOCIATIONS & SUPPORT SERVICES
International
Interntional Bureau for Epilepsy
International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)
Argentina
Centro de Epilepsia
Australia
National - Epilepsy Association of
Australia
Queensland - Epilepsy Queensland
South Australia - Epilepsy
Association of South Australia
Victoria - Epilepsy Foundation of Victoria
Western Australia - Epilepsy
Foundation of Western Australia
Canada
Epilepsy Canada
Epilepsy Association of Calgary
British Columbia Epilepsy Society
Chile
Liga Chilena contra la Epilepsia
Czechoslovakia
Czech Epilepsy Association
Denmark
Dansk Epilepsiforening
Videnscenter om Epilepsi
Finland
Epilepsialiitto
France
Aispace
Bureau Francais de l'Epilepsie
Germany
Deutsche Epilepsie Vereinigung
Interessenvereinigung fur
Anfallskranke in Koln e.V.
Iceland
The Icelandic Epilepsy Association (LAUF)
India
Indian Epilepsy Association
Italy
Associazione Italiana Contro l'Epilepssia (AICE)
Korea
Korean Epilepsy Association
New Zealand
Epilepsy Association of New Zealand
Norway
Norsk Epilepsiforbund
Poland
Polish Epilepsy Association
Portugal
Liga Portuguesa contra a Epilepsia
Saudi Arabia
Epilepsy Support & Information Centre
Singapore
The Epilepsy Care Group
Sweden
Svenska Epilepsiforbunder
Switzerland
Schweizerische Liga gegen Epilepsie
Schweizerische Epilepsie-Stiftung
Swiss Association for Parents with Children
with Epilepsy
The Netherlands
National Epilepsie Fonds
Strichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland
United Kingdom
Epilepsy Action (formerly British Epilepsy Association)
Epilepsy Scotland
Epilepsy Wales
Brainwave (Irish Epilepsy Association)
For a Better Life with Epilepsy (FABLE) - UK charity group
United States of
America
National - American Epilepsy Society -
for health professionals
National - Epilepsy Foundation of America
(EFA) - provides research, education, advocacy & services to
people with epilepsy & their carers. Based in Washington DC, the EFA has
over 60 affiliated organisations across the US.
Alabama - The Epilepsy Foundation of North & Central Alabama
Alabama - The Epilepsy
Foundation of South Alabama
Arizona - The Epilepsy Foundation of
Arizona
California - Epilepsy Foundation of
Northern California
California - Epilepsy Foundation of
San Diego County
Colorado - Epilepsy Foundation of
Colorado
Connecticut - Epilepsy Foundation
of Connecticut
Delaware - Epilepsy Foundation of
Delaware
District of Columbia - Epilepsy
Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
Florida - Florida Epilepsy Society
Florida - Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast
Florida
Georgia - The Epilepsy Foundation of Georgia
Hawaii - The Hawaii Epilepsy Foundation
Hawaii - Epilepsy Foundation
of Hawaii
Idaho - The Epilepsy Foundation of Idaho
Illinois - Epilepsy Foundation of North/Central Illinois
Illinois - Epilepsy Foundation of
Greater Chicago
Indiana - Indiana Epilepsy Services
Iowa - The Epilepsy Association of Iowa
Kansas - Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas
& Western Missouri
Kentucky - Epilepsy Foundation Kentuckiana
Louisiana - Epilepsy Foundation SE
Louisiana
Maryland - Epilepsy Association of the Eastern Shore
Maryland - Epilepsy
Foundation of the Chesapeake Region
Massachusetts - Epilepsy Foundation
of Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Michigan - The Epilepsy Foundation of Michigan
Minnesota - Epilepsy Foundation of
Minnesota
Missouri - Epilepsy Foundation of the
St Louis Region
Missouri - Epilepsy Foundation of Kansas
& Western Missouri
New Jersey - Epilepsy Foundation of New
Jersey
New York - The Epilepsy Foundation of Southern New York
(EFSNY)
New York - The Epilepsy Foundation: New York City
New York - Epilepsy Foundation of Long Island
(EFLI)
New York - Epilepsy Foundation of
Northeastern NY
New York - Epilepsy Foundation of
Rochester-Syracuse-Binghamton
New York - The Epilepsy Institute - services for people in New York City
& Westchester County
North Carolina - Epilepsy Institute of North Carolina
North Carolina - Epilepsy
Foundation of North Carolina
Ohio - Epilepsy Foundation of Central Ohio
Ohio - Epilepsy Foundation of
Western Ohio
Ohio - Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast
Ohio
Ohio - Epilepsy Foundation of
Greater Cincinnati
Oklahoma - Epilepsy Association of Oklahoma
Oregon - Epilepsy Foundation of Oregon
Pennsylvania - Epilepsy Foundation Western/Central Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania - Epilepsy Foundation of
Eastern Pennsylvania
Rhode Island - Epilepsy Foundation
of Massachusetts & Rhode Island
South Carolina - The Epilepsy Foundation of South Carolina
Tennessee - The Epilepsy Foundation of East Tennessee
Tennessee - Epilepsy Foundation of
Southeast Tennessee
Texas - Epilepsy Foundation of Central & South Texas
Texas - Epilepsy Foundation of Greater
North Texas
Texas - Epilepsy Foundation of South
East Texas
Utah - Epilepsy Association of Utah
Vermont - The Epilepsy Foundation of Vermont
Virginia - Epilepsy Foundation of Virginia
Washington - Epilepsy Foundation
Washington
Wisconsin - The Epilepsy Foundation of Southeast Wisconsin
Wisconsin - Epilepsy Foundation
of Central and Northeast Wisconsin
Wisconsin - Epilepsy Foundation of
Southern Wisconsin
Wisconsin - Epilepsy Foundation
of Western Wisconsin
Wisconsin - Epilepsy
Foundation South Central Wisconsin
MAJOR EPILEPSY CENTRES - TREATMENT & RESEARCH
Australia
Children's Epilepsy Program, Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
Murdoch
Children's Research Institute, Melbourne
Brain Research Institute, Austin
Repatriation Medical Centre
Canada
Bloorview Epilepsy Research Program - focuses on drug resistant epilepsy in
children
Canadian Epilepsy Consortium - coordinates epilepsy research in Canada
Epilepsy at Montreal
Neurological Institute
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Europe
European Concerted Action & Research in
Epilepsy (EUCARE) - research & advocacy body
United Kingdom
Epilepsy Research Foundation
Fund For Epilepsy - supporting world's first university-based academic
Institute of Epileptology at Kings College, London
National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy - a major provider of
specialist services for young epilepsy sufferers in the UK. Works in
partnership with Great Ormond Street Hospital, NHS Trust & Institute of
Child Health.
National Society for Epilepsy - provides care services, medical services,
research, information & support
The David Lewis Centre for Epilepsy - UK charity providing assessment,
treatment, residential care, education, training & rehabilitation for
people with Epilepsy
United States of America
National - Clinical Trials Listing - a list, by US state, of
the clinical trials currently being conducted in epilepsy research centres
across the US
National - Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (CURE) - research
organisation devoted to finding a cure for epilepsy
National - National
Institutes of Health - Clinical Epilepsy Section
California - Epilepsy and Brain Mapping
Program - healthcare centre in Pasadena, California
Cleveland - The
Cleveland Clinic
Florida - Florida Comprehensive
Epilepsy Program
Florida - Miami
Children's Hospital Comprehensive Epilepsy Program
Illinois - Southern
Illinois University Epilepsy Center
Kansas - Comprehensive
Epilepsy Center, Via Christi Health System, Wichita
Maryland - John Hopkins Epilepsy
Center
Massachusetts - Children's Epilepsy Program at Boston
Children's Hospital
New York - Strong
Epilepsy Center
Ohio - Epilepsy
Center of Northwest Ohio
Texas - University
of Texas: Division of Neurosurgery
OTHER LINKS
Pallister
Hall Syndrome - a rare
condition associated with HH
The Brain Tumor Society
Brain
Surgery Information Center
International
Brain Research Organisation
Michael's
Page
Michael suffers from Tuberous Sclerosis, a genetic disorder that forms
benign tumors in vital organs, such as the brain, eyes, heart, kidneys and
skin. There is no cure. Michael suffers seizures.
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