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People with epilepsy have fits or seizures, caused by sudden disturbances in the normal functioning of the brain (Hazeldine, 1986). Epilepsy is a chronic disease of central nervous system which allowes subjects to have normal living activity between seizures. However a lower percentage of epileptics (e. g. with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) are unresponsive to drugs therapy. A boy was described (Milovanovic, 1985) with epilepsy and mental retardation (intelligence quotient=37; social quotient=63). During medical treatment for 12.5 years he has been 32 times to his neurologist and he has takan 31637 different anticonvulsive tablets. He still has fits and he is still taking tablets.
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Milovanovic, D.D., Stevanovic, H.L., Jovic, N. (1996). Plasma Tryptophan Levels in Children With Epilepsy Before and After Antiepileptic Treatment. In: Filippini, G.A., Costa, C.V.L., Bertazzo, A. (eds) Recent Advances in Tryptophan Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 398. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0381-7_16
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