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Trauma is a major risk factor for epilepsy. However, one should have in mind that posttraumatic MRI changes can be the cause or the consequence of epilepsy.
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Urbach, H. (2013). Trauma. In: Urbach, H. (eds) MRI in Epilepsy. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_748
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