Posttraumatic epilepsy: current and emerging treatment options

Wellingson Silva Paiva,1 Luiz Eugênio Mello21Division of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 2Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWe have read with great interest the recent paper by Szaflarski...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:877d6208f96e4ac986191dfc6587f3482021-12-02T06:56:00ZPosttraumatic epilepsy: current and emerging treatment options1178-2021https://doaj.org/article/877d6208f96e4ac986191dfc6587f3482014-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/posttraumatic-epilepsy-current-and-emerging-treatment-options-peer-reviewed-article-NDThttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-2021 Wellingson Silva Paiva,1 Luiz Eugênio Mello21Division of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 2Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWe have read with great interest the recent paper by Szaflarski et al1 published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) have three times greater risk than the general population to have epilepsy. This makes the TBI one of the most important causes of secondary epilepsy.2 In the paper by Szaflarski et al1 the authors highlighted the epidemiological relevance of this topic and describe the therapeutic options in detail.View original paper by Szaflarski and colleagues.Paiva WSMello LEDove Medical PressarticleNeurosciences. Biological psychiatry. NeuropsychiatryRC321-571Neurology. Diseases of the nervous systemRC346-429ENNeuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Vol 2014, Iss default, Pp 2159-2161 (2014)
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topic Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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spellingShingle Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
RC321-571
Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
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Paiva WS
Mello LE
Posttraumatic epilepsy: current and emerging treatment options
description Wellingson Silva Paiva,1 Luiz Eugênio Mello21Division of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, 2Department of Physiology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilWe have read with great interest the recent paper by Szaflarski et al1 published in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. Patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) have three times greater risk than the general population to have epilepsy. This makes the TBI one of the most important causes of secondary epilepsy.2 In the paper by Szaflarski et al1 the authors highlighted the epidemiological relevance of this topic and describe the therapeutic options in detail.View original paper by Szaflarski and colleagues.
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title_short Posttraumatic epilepsy: current and emerging treatment options
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title_full_unstemmed Posttraumatic epilepsy: current and emerging treatment options
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