The number of seizures for 50 chronically hospitalized patients during each of the four basic phases of the moon were recorded over a 5-yr.-period. The results indicated that phase of the moon was not related to the occurrence of seizures for years, weekdays or weekends, or sex. It was found that females had more seizures than males.
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