title: [A long-term follow-up of 29 cases of benign epilepsy in childhood with central-temporal electroencephalographic foci].
abstract: 29 cases of benign epilepsy in childhood with central-temporal EEG foci (BECCT) were followed up from 2 to 9 years clinically and electro encephalographically. Focal discharges in several cases were found to be changeable from one cerebral hemisphere to another. The subsidence of clinical seizures usually preceded epileptic discharges. Such focal discharges often disappeared before puberty whereas the clinical seizures would not manifest themselves even earlier. Small doses of antiepileptic drugs were effective for the majority of such patients. One patient with occasional seizures but without medication had been observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014635:Valproic Acid