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early posttraumatic epilepsy(medicine)
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posttraumatic syndrome(medicine)
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posttraumatic epilepsy (medicine)


posttraumatic epilepsy


A convulsive state following and causally related to head injury; with brain damage either manifested clinically or ascertained by special examinations such as computed tomography. To assume causal relationship, the individual must have had no previous epilepsy, no cerebral disease, and no other brain trauma. The attacks should have started, depending on the severity of the wounding, within 3 months to 2 years of the alleged trauma and be of a type compatible with the site of injury and the EEG abnormalities.