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Post-Traumatic Epilepsy (Epilepsy, Post Traumatic) Summary

43 relevant articles (6 outcomes, 5 trials/studies) found for this Disease

Description: Recurrent seizures causally related to CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA. Seizure onset may be immediate but is typically delayed for several days after the injury and may not occur for up to two years. The majority of seizures have a focal onset that correlates clinically with the site of brain injury. Cerebral cortex injuries caused by a penetrating foreign object (CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, PENETRATING) are more likely than closed head injuries (HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED) to be associated with epilepsy. Concussive convulsions are nonepileptic phenomena that occur immediately after head injury and are characterized by tonic and clonic movements. (From Rev Neurol 1998 Feb;26(150):256-261; Sports Med 1998 Feb;25(2):131-6)

Also Known As: Epilepsy, Post Traumatic; Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic; Early Post-Traumatic Seizures; Late Post-Traumatic Seizures; Post-Traumatic Seizure Disorder Show All >>

Key Drugs and Agents for Post-Traumatic Epilepsy

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Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to treatments:
  1. Phenytoin (Dilantin) : 1 outcome 2 studies in 10 results : FDA 9 Generic
  2. Iron (Serum Iron Level) : 1 outcome 1 study in 4 results : IBA
  3. Nootropic Agents (Nootropics) : 1 outcome 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  4. Psychotropic Drugs (Psychoactive Drugs) : 1 outcome 1 study in 1 result : IBA
  5. Anticonvulsants (Antiepileptic Drugs) : 1 outcome in 6 results : IBA
  6. Free Radicals : 1 outcome in 2 results : IBA
  7. Excitatory Amino Acids : 1 outcome in 1 result : IBA
  8. Neuroprotective Agents : 1 outcome in 1 result : IBA
  9. Dizocilpine Maleate (Dizocilpine) : 1 outcome in 1 result : IBA
  10. Glutamic Acid (Glutamate) : 1 study in 1 result : FDA 11
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Diseases Related to Post-Traumatic Epilepsy

  1. Seizures (Seizure)
  2. Craniocerebral Trauma (Head Injury)
  3. Wounds and Injuries (Trauma)
  4. Epilepsy (Aura)
  5. Paresis (Hemiparesis)
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Key Therapies for Post-Traumatic Epilepsy

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  1. Trephining : 1 outcome in 1 result
  2. Neurosurgical Procedures : 1 result
  3. Chemoprevention : 1 result
  4. Transplantation (Transplant Recipients) : 1 result
  5. Drug Prescriptions (Prescription, Drug) : 1 result
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