Neuropediatrics 2017; 48(S 01): S1-S45
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1602881
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Posttraumatic Epilepsy: An Update

S. Schubert-Bast
1   Department of Neuropediatrics, Clinic for Children and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Publication Date:
26 April 2017 (online)

 
 

    The incidence of epilepsies after traumatic head injuries is between 25 and 44%. This update provides data from our own cohort and a review of the literature concerning manifestation, correlation to severity of trauma, treatment, and prognosis of posttraumatic epilepsies.


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