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Prognosis

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  • prognosis for children who have breath-holding attacks is excellent.
  • attacks usually spontaneously resolve after about the fourth year of life. In rare instances they may be still present until the age of 6 or 7 years.
  • breath-holding attacks are not a cause of convulsions, mental retardation or cerebral damage in later life.

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