Mahjong game 'can cause epilepsy'

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by AlanEvans | August 6, 2007 at 01:37 pm
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SAKURAI Shoichi on the News Station(Super Mahjong Technics)
A study by doctors in Hong Kong has concluded that epilepsy can be induced by the Chinese tile game of mahjong.

The findings, published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal, are based on 23 cases of people who suffered mahjong-induced seizures.

Source: news.bbc.co.uk

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