Citation

Whitman S, Coleman TE, Patmon C, Desai BT, Cohen R, King LN. Neurology 1984; 34(6): 775-782.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

6539441

Abstract

The epidemiologic, clinical, and social characteristics of epilepsy were investigated in men entering the Illinois prison system and compared with a matched control group of prisoners without epilepsy. The prevalence of epilepsy was 2.4%, four times higher than the prevalence among men aged 20 to 39 in Rochester, MN. Head trauma was the probable cause of epilepsy among 45% of the prisoners with epilepsy, a much higher percentage than that reported in studies of other populations. In comparison with an age- and race-matched group of prisoners without epilepsy, the epilepsy group was not convicted of more serious or more violent crimes.

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