Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked seizures. A seizure is a sudden burst of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from brief lapses of awareness or muscle jerks to prolonged convulsions.
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ICD-10 ChapterVI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition Class Connections
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Corpus callosotomy is used for severe, drug-resistant epilepsy.
Hemispherectomy is used for severe epilepsy confined to one cerebral hemisphere.
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the nervous system
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked seizures.
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In the process of treating epilepsy, Wilder Penfield produced maps of the location of various functions (motor, sensory, memory, vision) in the brain.
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