Epilepsy: Medical and Surgical Approaches
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Epilepsy is the term given to a group of functional brain disorders, which present in the form of repetitive seizures. A first, or solitary, seizure should be clearly distinguished from epilepsy. Epilepsy is caused by abnormal excessive discharges of neurons in the brain. Epileptic seizures are nonspecific responses of the brain to all kinds of insults. Epilepsy, therefore, may have a multitude of causes. Epilepsy: Medical and Surgical Approaches
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تاریخ انتشار 2002