Epilepsy is a disease!
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چکیده
According to the definition of disease, epilepsy shall not be considered neither a symptom nor a syndrome. Epilepsy is a generic term for a group of diseases characterized by seizures. It implies a state quite distinct from health. Therefore it seems worthy to keep epilepsy as such in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
دوره 52 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994