Epilepsy is not a disease: proposal for a new approch in the international classification of diseases (ICD)

What is epilepsy? a disease? a symptom? a syndrome? is it important to define it? Basing his study on an extensive bibliography, the author shows that epilepsy is not a disease. He emphasizes the significance of that definition and suggest a new approach in the International Classification of Diseas...

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Main Author: Marco Aurélio Smith Filgueiras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 1994-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1994000200025&lng=en&tlng=en
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