Partial epilepsy in neurologically normal children: clinical syndromes and prognosis

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serval:BIB_1BFCC65ADD45
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Partial epilepsy in neurologically normal children: clinical syndromes and prognosis
Journal
Epilepsia
Author(s)
Deonna  T., Ziegler  A. L., Despland  P. A., van Melle  G.
ISSN
0013-9580 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
06/1986
Volume
27
Number
3
Pages
241-7
Notes
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't --- Old month value: May-Jun
Abstract
A clinical and electroencephalographic study of 107 neurologically normal children with partial seizures was undertaken to verify the existence and determine the frequency of epileptic syndromes reported in selected populations. Sixty-three children had simple partial seizures, 39 had complex partial seizures, and 5 children were unclassifiable. The syndrome of benign partial epilepsy of children with rolandic spikes (BPEC, 38 cases) was clearly identified and its uniformly benign final prognosis was confirmed even if some of these children had at times severe or poorly controlled seizures. Among the children with simple partial seizures outside the BPEC (25 cases) and complex partial seizures (39 cases), no homogeneous clinical or electroclinical subgroup could be found. Two children with benign partial epilepsy and myoclonic-astatic seizures ("atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood") and one child with "benign epilepsy with occipital spike-waves" were identified. 74% of children with epilepsy with complex partial seizures (ECP) had a 1-year seizure-free interval, and many children with epilepsy with simple partial seizures outside the BPEC group (ESP) had no more than two seizures. A benign course is thus not limited to the BPEC but is difficult to predict. Prospective studies are necessary to confirm the existence of well-defined benign syndromes among the idiopathic partial epilepsies of childhood, which appear quite rare outside the BPEC.
Keywords
Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Electroencephalography Epilepsies, Partial/complications/*diagnosis Female Humans Male Prognosis
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