975 ALLERGY, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, AND EPILEPSY
case
may
and the
SIR,-The suggestion by Dr Seager and others (Oct. 4, p. 632) that some cases of epilepsy are based on immunodeficiency is an interesting one. I should like to make the alternative, but
not
unrelated, suggestion
that
epilepsy
are
of considerable interest
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York 13326, U.S.A.
ALLAN S. CUNNINGHAM
may result
from allergy.
general paediatric clinic, 54% of all children with a history of idiopathic seizures also have a history of one or more allergic complaints (34% of the clinic population have such a history, P.
case
may
and the
SIR,-The suggestion by Dr Seager and others (Oct. 4, p. 632) that some cases of epilepsy are based on immunodeficiency is an interesting one. I should like to make the alternative, but
not
unrelated, suggestion
that
epilepsy
are
of considerable interest
Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York 13326, U.S.A.
ALLAN S. CUNNINGHAM
may result
from allergy.
general paediatric clinic, 54% of all children with a history of idiopathic seizures also have a history of one or more allergic complaints (34% of the clinic population have such a history, P.
