Author: Camfield Carol S. Camfield Peter R.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISSN: 1460-2156
Source: Brain, Vol.136, Iss.2, 2013-02, pp. : 593-600
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Abstract
Most intellectually normal children with focal epilepsy have partial complex or focal with secondary generalization seizures without a precise epilepsy syndrome. Their long-term outcome is largely unknown. Cases were identified from the population-based Nova Scotia Childhood Epilepsy cohort. Those eligible had seizure onset at 1 month to 16 years between 1977 and 1985, normal intelligence, 10 years of follow-up, only focal seizures and no benign epilepsy syndromes. There were 108 patients with partial complex with or without secondary generalization as the only seizure type(s) throughout (partial complex group) and 80 with secondary generalization as the only seizure type (secondary generalization group). Average age standard deviation at onset was 7.3 4.5 years and follow-up was 27.9 5.4 years. At follow-up, 57 of the partial complex group were in remission versus 81 of the secondary generalization group (
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