Researchers Try to Predict Epilepsy

April 2nd, 2007 By LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer

(AP) -- Survivors of traumatic brain injuries - from car-crash victims to soldiers wounded in Iraq - face an extra hurdle as they recover: Thousands of them will develop epilepsy months or years later.



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