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Adapted from: Willmore LJ. Head trauma and the development of post-traumatic epilepsy. In: Ettinger AB and Devinsky O, eds. Managing epilepsy and co-existing disorders. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann; 2002;229–238.
With permission from Elsevier (www.elsevier.com).
Reviewed April 2004 by Steven C. Schachter, MD, epilepsy.com Editorial Board.

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