title: The personal factor in the maturation of epileptogenic brain scars: review and hypothesis.
abstract: Does a metabolic factor, variable but personal to the individual, determine the interval between a brain injury and the onset of late traumatic epilepsy? It could account for the unpredictability of this maturation period, and for the fact that only about 50% of brain scars give rise to epilepsy at all.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D013997:Time Factors