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Q: Surgery Benefits Children With Epilepsy

asked by: echokang on May 29th, 2005

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Surgery reduces seizures and increases iq in children with epilepsy, according to a german study in a recent issue of epilepsia.

The study tracked 50 preschool children for several years after they had surgery to treat epilepsy. A year after surgery, 82 percent of the children showed stable improvements in development and three of them showed gains of more than 15 points in iq. Only seizure-free children showed gains in iq.

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