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What are the percent chances of my child or any child having epilepsy?
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.5-1 %: Published cumulative risk figures list risk at .5-1% . While children may have seizure syndromes that emerge in childhood & fade by adulthood, they are not usually called epilepsy.
Answered 4/25/2012
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