p.s. and unrelated to DW, but of potential interest to you: a recent study just came out re: a significant risk association between autoimmune disease and epilepsy, such that having the former gives 3.8fold increased risk of the latter (and that's just the average overall — the younger one is, the higher the associated risk), and 17.5% of epilepsy patients also have an autoimmune disease.
Findings also revealed that autoimmunity patients on select immuno-suppressing medications had a lower risk of developing epilepsy.
"These findings suggest a new approach to treating seizures, one based on quieting the immune system," said Mandl [...] The team's data did not allow them to explore possible mechanisms behind the association, but they hope to work with collaborators to look for biological links.
"There are many ways in which autoimmunity can affect the brain and cause seizures," said Gorman. "The next step is to find out what they are."
You can read the coverage of the study via HMS here: Strange Bedfellows by Tom Ulrich
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Date: 2014-04-10 01:28 pm (UTC)I suspect the usual Friday About Town post tomorrow will prove a manageable sampling.
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Date: 2014-04-10 01:36 pm (UTC)Glad that you're feeling better. ^_^
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Date: 2014-04-10 03:49 pm (UTC)(seriously, glad you are here)
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