title: [Rolandic epilepsy: report of 53 cases].
abstract: The clinical and EEG features of 53 out-patients with benign partial epilepsy of childhood with rolandic spikes were studied. The age mean (years) of seizures onset was 5.5 +/- 3.2. Simple partial seizures with speech arrest were more frequent than other seizure types. In seven cases (13.2%) cognitive disabilities were present. In the left-side foci a expected correlation between the interictal EEG focus and clinical lateralization of seizure was observed; in the right-side foci, the right-side interictal focus was correlated with ipsilateral seizures.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Neurologia da Escola Paulista de Medicina, Hospital São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Kowacs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muszkat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: De Albuquerque
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: de Campos
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Epilepsia rolândica: relato de 53 casos.