Breakdown of blood brain barrier as a mechanism of post-traumatic epilepsy
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) accounts for approximately 16% of acute symptomatic seizures which usually occur in the first week after trauma. Children are at higher risk for post-traumatic seizures than adults. Post-traumatic seizures are a risk factor for delayed development of epilepsy. Delayed, c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-03-01
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Series: | Neurobiology of Disease |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996118302018 |