Individuals with schizophrenia have a substantially elevated risk of developing epilepsy, and vice versa, according to research based on data from the Taiwan National Health Insurance database. The investigators suggest that the two conditions could have common causes, and they advocate additional studies to identify the underlying mechanisms.
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Chang, Y.-T. et al. Bidirectional relation between schizophrenia and epilepsy: a population-based retrospective cohort study. Epilepsia doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03268.x
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Schizophrenia and epilepsy are bidirectionally related. Nat Rev Neurol 7, 598 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2011.158
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneurol.2011.158