Seizures in children with meningomyelocele.
The charts of 111 children with meningomyelocele were reviewed. Ninety-eight had shunted hydrocephalus. Twenty-five of 111 children (24 of 98 children with shunts) had seizures. Age at onset and type of seizure varied. Brain malformation (other than Arnold-Chiari), shunt infection, and perhaps number of shunt revisions were important risk factors in seizure development. The children with seizures were more likely to be developmentally delayed.
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D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications*; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D000927:Anticonvulsants