title: Acupuncture treatment of Jacksonian epilepsy--a report of 98 cases.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of acupuncture treatment for controlling Jacksonian epilepsy.
  
  
  METHODS
  Penetrating needling is adopted together with scalp acupuncture and strong/electric needling on body points.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 98 cases treated for 5 courses, 52 cases were markedly effective, 22 effective, 10 poorly effective and 14 ineffective. The total effective rate was 85.7% (95% CI = 78.8%-92.6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture is quite effective for treating Jacksonian epilepsy.
authors.affiliation: TCM Hospital of Pingyi County, Pingyi, Shandong 273300, China.
authors.forename: Ren
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yongxia
mesh_terms: D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult