Post-traumatic epilepsy: Review of risks, pathophysiology, and potential biomarkers

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 108-113

  Lamar, Cory D ^a,b   Hurley, Robin A ^a,b,c   Rowland, Jared A ^a,b,c   Taber, Katherine H ^a,b,c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Division of Biomedical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVULSION; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FRONTAL LOBE; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIPPOCAMPAL SCLEROSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LEG; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84901466965     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.260201     Document Type: Article

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