Can immune disorders influence therapeutic approaches in treatment of epilepsy among neurologists? A first cooperative national recognition in Italy.
Functional disturbances of the immune system have been detected more often among persons affected by epilepsy than in the general population. In the February-July period of 2007 a specific questionnaire on the relationship between epilepsy and immunological response was sent to 27 specialized Centres for Epilepsy in nine Italian regions. 15,388 epileptic patients attended twenty-seven Centers during this six-month period. 3.3 percent (n=502) of these patients suffered an immune disease. This is the first National survey on the relationship between epilepsy and immunological response in current clinical practice.
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D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D007558:Italy; D009462:Neurology; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'