title: [Prospective evaluation of health status of the progeny of men with epilepsy].
abstract: Forty children of epileptic fathers were followed-up for 5 years. The mean age of the children was 10.2 years. Two girls (5%) had mild epilepsy, one child (2.5%) had a major anomaly, and 12 had minor anomalies (30%). Permanent mental impairment was found in 2 children (5%) with infantile cerebral palsy, and another 2 (5%) had borderline mental retardation. During this five-year observation of mental development this development was normal in the remaining children, and in 15% of them the IQ exceeded 116. Emotional disturbances were present in one-fourth of this group and they were connected with poor socioeconomic conditions and family breakdown. Abnormal EEG tracings were found in half the children, and in 40% of them seizure activity was present. The observed regression of seizure activity was related to age. In 60% of the children the general health state (somatic development, frequent infections) was not satisfactory.
authors.affiliation: II Kliniki Neurologii w Zabrzu Sl. AM.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pierzchała
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grudzińska
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kłosińska
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Majchrzak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000235:genetics*; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*
vernacular_title: Prospektywna ocena zdrowotności potomstwa mezczyzn chorych na padaczke.