Epilepsy is a disease!

Epilepsy is a disease!

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 Internatio...

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Main Author:	Walter Oleschko Arruda
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1994-12-01
Series:	Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:	epilepsia doença sintoma síndrome
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1994000400025&lng=en&tlng=en

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