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New Egyptian Journal of Medicine [The]. 1992; 6 (6): 1965-1967
in English
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ABSTRACT
Twenty nine sera of epileptic Egyptian recruits and 20 normal controls were examined to clarify the relation between toxoplasmosis and epilepsy using IgG and IgM indirect immunofluorescent test [IFAT]. 44.8% and 17.5% of the epileptic group showed IgG and IgM respectively against Toxoplasma. The control group showed higher positivity for IgG and IgM [65% and 30% respectively], which makes it hard to consider T. gondii as a cause of epilepsy. Statisticaly the relation as regards the percentage of positivity is insignificant as well [P>0.05]. However, high percentage of positivty of toxoplasmosis among epileptics should be taken into consideration