POST-TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY
Abstract
Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is a serious problem. Selection of adequate medicinal treatment and disease prognosis are particularly difficult. This review of foreign literature presents recent studies’ data on PTE diagnostic and therapeutic aspects.
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M. R. Yarmukhametova
GUZ Republican clinical hospital, Ministry of Health of Republic of Tatarstan
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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