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Causes
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Frontal lobe seizures can result from abnormalities — such as tumors, vascular malformations or traumatic injuries — in the brain's frontal lobes. An abnormal gene causes a rare inherited disorder called autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. If one of your parents has this form of frontal lobe epilepsy, you have a 50 percent chance of inheriting the gene and developing the disease yourself.
In most cases, however, the cause of frontal lobe epilepsy remains unknown.
- Frontal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Foundation. http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/types/syndromes/frontallobe.cfm. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Seizures and epilepsy: Hope through research. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/detail_epilepsy.htm. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Benbadis SR. Localization-related (partial) epilepsy: Causes and clinical features. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Neurological diagnostic tests and procedures. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/misc/diagnostic_tests.htm. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Patrikelis P, et al. Neurocognitive and behavioral functioning in frontal lobe epilepsy: A review. Epilepsy & Behavior. 2009;14:19.
- Aminoff MJ, et al. Nervous system disorders. In: McPhee SJ, et al. Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. New York, N.Y. McGraw-Hill; 2010. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=12507. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Schachter SC. Surgical therapy of epilepsy in adults. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Schachter SC, et al. Vagus nerve stimulation therapy. http://www.uptodate.com/home/index.html. Accessed July 29, 2010.
- Sirven JI (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Ariz. Aug. 5, 2010.
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