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EPILEPSY, med. jur. A disease of the brain, which occurs in paroxysms, with
uncertain intervals between them.
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This procedure may be performed in individuals who have focal epilepsy, where the site of seizure generation is in a single, well-identified area that can be excised without major risk of neurological deficits. For patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy, surgery is an increasingly common alternative and MEG is proving useful for locating epileptogenic zones in relation to other functionally important areas of the brain. Edwards' research with epilepsy patients has determined a measurement of marginal predictability (MP) of seizure onset derived from scalp electroencephalogram recordings; further, they determined significant, consistent changes in MP several tens of minutes prior to a seizure in patients with focal epilepsy. |
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