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Predicting the risk of poststroke epilepsy—why and how?

Nature Reviews Neurology volume 6, pages 532–533 (2010)Cite this article

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After a stroke, seizures and later development of epilepsy can have a devastating impact on patient outcome and quality of life. Predicting the risk of developing poststroke epilepsy is currently an inexact science, and improving the accuracy of this process could lead to more-targeted use of prophylactic antiepileptic drugs for a defined period of time.

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J. Kwan has received honoraria from Boehringher Ingelheim and Sanofi for speaking on the subject of stroke.

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Kwan, J. Predicting the risk of poststroke epilepsy—why and how?. Nat Rev Neurol 6, 532–533 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2010.140

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