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The number of children being diagnosed with epilepsy has dropped dramatically in the UK over the past decade, figures show.
A study of GP-recorded diagnoses show the incidence has fallen by as much as half.
Researchers said fewer children were being misdiagnosed, but there had also been a real decrease in some causes of the condition.
Other European countries and the US had reported similar declines, they added.
Epilepsy is caused when the brain's normal electrical activity result in seizures.
Data from more than 344,000 children showed that the annual incidence of epilepsy has fallen by 4-9% year on year between 1994 and 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21295383
A study of GP-recorded diagnoses show the incidence has fallen by as much as half.
Researchers said fewer children were being misdiagnosed, but there had also been a real decrease in some causes of the condition.
Other European countries and the US had reported similar declines, they added.
Epilepsy is caused when the brain's normal electrical activity result in seizures.
Data from more than 344,000 children showed that the annual incidence of epilepsy has fallen by 4-9% year on year between 1994 and 2008.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21295383