Treatment of epileptic syndromes in children

The paper provides an overview of the full spectrum of age-related epileptic syndromes in children. The author describes treatment strategies based on semiologic, syndromologic and, in some cases, ethiopathogenetic diagnoses. Traditional pharmacotherapeutic management as well as the potential for epilepsy surgery are described. The paper emphasizes the different approaches to treatment of benign forms and risks related to delayed therapy of catastrophic syndromes. Special attention is paid to paradoxical effects of treatment with unsuitable antie-pileptics that have the potential to significantly worsen the progression of some of the age-related syndromes.