Фазы луны и эпиприступы: всего лишь древняя легенда?

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NEUROLOGY 2006;66:1442-1443
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology

Brief Communications

Lunar phases and seizure occurrence: Just an ancient legend?
P. Polychronopoulos, MD, A. A. Argyriou, MD, V. Sirrou, MD, V. Huliara, MD, M. Aplada, MD, P. Gourzis, MD, A. Economou, MD, E. Terzis, MD and E. Chroni, MD, PhD

From the Department of Neurology, University of Patras Medical School, Rion-Patras, Greece.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Panagiotis Polychronopoulos, Department of Neurology, University of Patras Medical School, 26504, Rion-Patras, Greece; e-mail: ppolychr{at}yahoo.gr

The authors retrospectively reviewed all neurologic records of an emergency unit from 1999 to 2003 to identify a potential association between lunar phases and seizure occurrence. Overall 859 patients admitted for seizure occurrence were divided into the four quarters of the synodic month according to moon phases. A significant clustering of seizures around the full moon period was observed, supporting the ancient belief of periodic increased seizure frequency during full-moon days.

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