"Cryptogenic ", " idiopathic " and " primary " may all be used in both these senses, but " cryptogenic " is more likely to be used where there is presumed to be a simple cause but this happens to have eluded discovery . " Cryptogenic " is used in this technical sense in the description of epilepsy syndromes ( although the distinction has now been officially abandoned ).
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"Cryptogenic ", " idiopathic " and " primary " may all be used in both these senses, but " cryptogenic " is more likely to be used where there is presumed to be a simple cause but this happens to have eluded discovery . " Cryptogenic " is used in this technical sense in the description of epilepsy syndromes ( although the distinction has now been officially abandoned ).
