Post-traumatic epilepsy: mechanisms and prevention.
An effective method to disrupt the process of post-traumatic epilepsy must await scientific understanding of epileptogenesis. If hemorrhage-induced focal lipid peroxidation is operant, then a strategy designed to disrupt initiation reactions may prove successful.
Willmore
L J
LJ
Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77030, USA.
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans