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Overview, Incidence

Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:57 am


Overview

Epilepsy is a recurrent seizure disorder caused by abnormal electrical discharges from brain cells, often in the cerebral cortex. It is not a distinct disease, it is a group of disorders for which recurrent seizures are the main symptom. Different forms of epilepsy are either secondary to a particular brain abnormality or neurological disorder, or are said to be "idiopathic," without any clear cause.


Normally, nerve transmission in the brain occurs in an orderly way, allowing...Read the full article

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