title: A general hospital population of childhood epilepsy.
abstract: In a general hospital population of 74,000 children under the age of 16 years in southern Stockholm, 79 children were started on antiepileptic drugs due to epilepsy during the 2 year period 1990-92. The mean annual incidence of childhood epilepsy in this area was 53 per 100,000 children younger than 16 years. Neurological impairments were identified in 35% of the children. The epilepsy diagnoses were set according to the International Classification System proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy. Partial seizures were seen in 52% of the children. The syndrome BECT was identified in 11%. The epilepsy was symptomatic in 30%, and therapy-resistant in 23%.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Braathen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Theorell
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012640:Seizures / Q000145:classification; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology