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posttraumatic epilepsy

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Noun1.posttraumatic epilepsy - a convulsive epileptic state caused by a head injury
epilepsy - a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions


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Posttraumatic epilepsy occurs within 5 years of injury in about 2% of patients with moderate brain trauma and 12% of those who sustained severe injury.
This project is designed to evaluate a rodent model with posttraumatic epilepsy via closed head injury-induced seizures, for drug screening.
 
 
 
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