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To the Editor: Hauser et al. (Feb. 12 issue)¹ reported on a study of the risk of recurrent seizures after two unprovoked seizures. The small number of patients (63) who had a second seizure represented a highly selected group; 41 had a third seizure, and 26 a fourth. The absence of an association between the type of seizure, age, sex, family history, or other characteristics and recurrent seizures should not be taken to suggest that these characteristics do not influence the risk of a recurrence.

Only 38 percent of the patients with a second seizure and 27 percent of those . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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