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The Course of Seizures after Treatment for Cerebral Cysticercosis NEJM 327:696-701, Vazquez,V.&Sotelo,J., 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract In the patients treated with cysticial medications,there was an 82 percent of reduction in the mean numbers of brain cysts(from 5.0 to 0.9)and a 95 percent reduction in the mean frequency of seizures(from 11.3 to 0.6 per year;P<0.001).After three years of follow-up,64 patients in group 1(54 percent)were seizure-free.By contrast,the untreated patients(group 2) averaged 10.9 seizures per year;none were seizure-free.Among those with inflamed cysts(group 3),there was a 74 percent reduction in the frequency of seizures(from 7.5 to 2.7 per year)and six patients(40 percent)became seizure-free.After medical treatment neurocysticercosis,there is usually remission or marked improvement in the associated seizure disorder.

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