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EPILEPSIE PROVOQUEE [2 records]

Record 1 2024-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
DEF

... epilepsy in which a specific systemic or environmental factor is the predominant cause of the seizures and in which there are no gross causative neuroanatomical or neuropathological changes.

OBS

Some "provoked epilepsies" will have a genetic basis and some an acquired basis. The reflex epilepsies are included in this category ... as well as the epilepsies with a marked seizure precipitant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Quelques fois une quatrième forme [d’épilepsie] peut être rencontrée, l'épilepsie provoquée. Celle-ci est déclenchée par un évènement extérieur(comme par exemple la lumière), elle peut être acquise ou innée, mais ne possède pas de cause neuroanatomique ou neuropathologique [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

A sudden amaurosis characterized by dilation of the retinal veins.

OBS

considered by some to be epileptic in nature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Amaurose provoquée par une crise d’épilepsie.

Spanish

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