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Single seizure due to prenatal or perinatal brain insults

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Link to WHO Definition

Single seizure due to prenatal or perinatal brain insults – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1106212242

An unprovoked seizure occurring in a patient with no history of seizures but with a distinct remote structural or metabolic condition or disease that has been demonstrated to be associated with a substantially increased risk of developing epilepsy, with the insult occurring before birth [prenatal] or between 22 weeks of gestation and 7 days after birth [perinatal]. Seizure may occur in infancy, childhood, or adulthood.