Pathogenesis of the developmental epilepsies.

doi:10.1097/00008480-199810060-00005

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Pathogenesis of the developmental epilepsies.

Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 1998

Giza C C, Sankar R

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The developmental epilepsies are distinctive in that they occur in a dynamic and plastic substrate. A variety of acquired insults may present with remarkably similar seizure syndromes that are age-specific and evolve with time. This evolution may be a consequence of the brain injury itself or an...

Topics

Age Factors
Brain
Child
Developmental Disabilities
Disease Progression
Epilepsy
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Humans
Mutation
Neuronal Plasticity
Prognosis
Time Factors

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