Progress on Post Traumatic Epilepsy and Its Forensic Evaluation
Author(s): ZHANG Yun-ge, LI Chun-xiao, GUAN Guo-fu, Lü Ming, CHENG He-ying, CHEN Huan
Pages: 200-203
Year: 2016 Issue: 3
Journal: Journal of Forensic Medicine
Keyword: forensic medicine; epilepsy; post-traumatic; review [publication type]; craniocerebral trauma;
Abstract: Post traumatic epilepsy(PTE)refers to the epileptic seizures after traumatic brain injury. Or-ganic damage can be found by imaging examination, and abnormal electroencephalogram can be detected via electroencephalogram examination which has the similar location of the brain injury. PTE has the characteristics of low incidence, absence of case reports, and easy to exaggerate the state of illness, which add difficulties to the forensic identification. This paper reviews the status of epidemiology, patho-genesis, clinical treatment and forensic identification for PTE.
Pages: 200-203
Year: 2016 Issue: 3
Journal: Journal of Forensic Medicine
Keyword: forensic medicine; epilepsy; post-traumatic; review [publication type]; craniocerebral trauma;
Abstract: Post traumatic epilepsy(PTE)refers to the epileptic seizures after traumatic brain injury. Or-ganic damage can be found by imaging examination, and abnormal electroencephalogram can be detected via electroencephalogram examination which has the similar location of the brain injury. PTE has the characteristics of low incidence, absence of case reports, and easy to exaggerate the state of illness, which add difficulties to the forensic identification. This paper reviews the status of epidemiology, patho-genesis, clinical treatment and forensic identification for PTE.
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