Affiliation:
1. Federal University of Paraiba Medical School, Brazil
Abstract
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 Diseases (ICD).
Subject
Neurology,Clinical Neurology
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