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Seizures in patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors

Authors

Jan Drappatz, MD

Associate Director

Adult Neuro-Oncology Program

Associate Professor

Departments of Neurology and Medicine

University of Pittsburgh

Patrick Y Wen, MD

Section Editor — Neurooncology

Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Edward K Avila, DO

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Section Editors

Timothy A Pedley, MD

Editor-in-Chief — Neurology

Section Editor — Epilepsy

Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Neurology

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

Lisa M DeAngelis, MD, FAAN, FANA

Section Editor — Neurooncology

Chair, Department of Neurology

Lillian Rojtman Berkman Chair in Honor of Jerome B. Posner

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Deputy Editor

April F Eichler, MD, MPH

Senior Deputy Editor — UpToDate

Deputy Editor — Neurology and Sleep Medicine

Assistant Professor of Neurology

Harvard Medical School

Peer Reviewer

Reviewers are not identified on topic reviews to preserve anonymity