title: [Etiology and pathogenesis of epilepsy in children].
abstract: Under examination there were 420 children suffering from epilepsy. In 230 of them the convulsive seizures appeared during the first year of the life: in most of these children (71%) this was in the presence of perinatal pathology. A genealogical analysis of 112 families, from which 135 epileptic children descended, is presented. Various types of hereditary epilepsy were revealed. An examination of some enzymes contained in the cerebrospinal fluid of the epileptic patients revealed shifts in their metabolism in cases of both hereditary and sporadic epilepsy. This reflects common features of the pathogenesis of those forms.
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D000681:Amylases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D002802:Cholinesterases; D000681:Amylases; D005634:Fructose-Bisphosphate Aldolase
vernacular_title: K voprosu ob étiologii i patogeneze épilepsii u deteĭ.