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Posttraumatic epilepsy: the endophenotypes of a human model of epileptogenesis.
Epilepsia - 1 Feb 2009
Diaz-Arrastia Ramon, Agostini Mark A, Madden Christopher J, Van Ness Paul C
Abstract excerpt
Posttraumatic epilepsy is a common complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurring in up to 15-20% of patients with severe brain trauma. Trauma accounts for approximately 5% of chronic epilepsy in the community. Because it is a common condition, and because of the relatively short latency period between injury and onset of chronic seizures, posttraumatic epilepsy represents a good model to test...
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