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Clinical Course of Untreated Tonic-Clonic Seizures in Childhood:Prospective, Hospital Based Study BMJ 314:401-404, 3911997., vanDonselaar,C.A.,et al, 1997 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Though untreated epilepsy is commonly considered to be a progressive disorder with decreasing intervals between seizures,a large proportion of children with newly diagnosed,unprovoked tonic-clonic seizures have a decelerating disease process.The fear that tonic-clonic seizures commonly evolve into a progressive disease should not be used as an argument in favor of early drug treatment in children with epilepsy.

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