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Date Submitted:
12/10/07
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Post-traumatic Epilepsy in Our Military and Among Civilians
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Yes, we are starting to see young veterans who suffered TBI and have recurrent seizures as a consequence. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a common cause of epilepsy. Post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE) is the cause of seizures in about 20% of the symptomatic epilepsies. The likelihood of developing PTE is linked to the severity of the TBI. Individuals who are in a coma following TBI, or who suffer a skull fracture or have bleeding within the brain are the people most likely to develop PTE. Even so, unfortunately, we have no way of knowing precisely which individuals who suffer a TBI will develop PTE or when - sometimes it is years before patients start having seizures.
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