Causes of Epilepsy
Symptomatic Epilepsy Cryptogenic Epilepsy Idiopathic Epilepsy
Residual Epilepsy Process Epilepsy =
Epilepsy with an unknown cause

 
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Genetic Epilepsy


e.g. caused by lack of oxygen during birth, or brain damage e.g. caused by a brain tumour or a metabolic disorder it is not possible to find the cause of about 30% of all cases of epilepsy  
mainly a result of the patient's disposition to epilepsy
 
 
German Epilepsy Museum Kork
www.epilepsiemuseum.de
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