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Doctors hunt ways to prevent epilepsy after brain injuries
Survivors of traumatic brain injuries face a high risk of developing epilepsy months or years later. Studies on Vietnam veterans show elevated rates, while new NIH and Defense Department pilots test seizure drugs Topamax and Keppra taken soon after injury to prevent epilepsy.
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Washington, D.C
Iraq
Nancy Temkin
University of Washington
Marc Dichter
University of Pennsylvania
Shlomo Shinnar
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Temkin
NIH
Defense Department
Klein
Dichter
Penn
American Epilepsy Society
Denise Pease
New York City
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