MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Epilepsy
20 Oct 2008 ... Risk factors include a family history of epilepsy, head injury, or other condition that causes damage to the brain. ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MEDLINEPLUS/ency/article/000694.htm...
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Epilepsy Surveillance Among Adults --- 19 States, Behavioral Risk ...
23 Jul 2008 ... Misconceptions about epilepsy and its causes and consequences are ..... 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System summary data quality ...
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5706a1.htm...
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Seizure Disorders: Neurologic Disorders: Merck Manual Professional
A seizure typically causes altered awareness, abnormal sensations, focal involuntary ..... All patients should be asked about risk factors for seizures: ...
http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec16/ch214/ch214a.html...
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Seizures and Epilepsy: Hope Through Research: National Institute ...
6 Oct 2008 ... What Causes Epilepsy? Genetic Factors Other Disorders Head Injury ...... For many people with epilepsy, the risk of seizures restricts their ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/detail_epilepsy....
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Observations on the misdiagnosis of generalized epilepsy as ...
Epilepsy, Generalized/diagnosis* Female Humans Male Monitoring, Physiologic Observer Variation Prospective Studies Risk Factors Unnecessary Procedures ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&d...
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Febrile Seizures Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological ...
13 Aug 2008 ... Among children who don't have any of these risk factors, only one in 100 develops epilepsy after a febrile seizure. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/febrile_seizures/detail_f...
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MedlinePlus: Preeclampsia raises risk of epilepsy in offspring
5 Nov 2008 ... Prior research has identified eclampsia as a strong risk factor for epilepsy in offspring, but whether the same held true with preeclampsia ...
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_71256.html...
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2000-2006 Epilepsy Research Benchmarks: A Guide for the General ...
28 Nov 2007 ... Epilepsy has many causes. Sometimes it occurs as a result of developmental ... and risk factors that may cause treatment side effects. ...
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/research/epilepsyweb/benchm...
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Risk factors for suicide in epilepsy: a case contr...[Epilepsia ...
PURPOSE: Suicide is considered to be one of the most important causes of death ... 2001]; Risk factors for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy: a ...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12060025...
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Epilepsy - FAQs
31 Jul 2007 ... Epilepsy is not contagious and poses no risk to others. ... have been identified , no single risk factor is common to all cases of SUDEP. ...
http://www.cdc.gov/epilepsy/faqs.htm...
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