[Prognostic value of data from clinical, EEG and neuroimaging assessment in epilepsy with complex partial seizures].
BACKGROUND
The well-known etiology, length of active epilepsy, partial or mixed seizure types and high frequency of seizures before treatment relate with a worst prognosis for seizures control. We have attempted to prove these factors in our study.


METHODS
We analyzed the electro-clinical characteristics, evolution and etiology of seizures in 151 patient with several type of partial epilepsy. Subsequently, we related the estimated improvement with diverse variables.


RESULTS
A significant statistically difference appeared as for seizures frequency at onset, existing among 15% to 44.3% more patient in which the frequency descended to more of 50% when the initial frequency was more than one to the month. Upon relating the improvement with the MR anomaly also appeared significant difference: there was between 7.9% and 73.7% more patient with hypersignal on long TR sequences in the group that did not decrease the frequency of their crisis to more than 50%.
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Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Miguel Servet, Zaragoza.
Oliveros
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Gros
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Brieva
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies
Valor pronóstico de los datos clínicos, EEG y neuroimagen en la epilepsia con crisis parciales complejas.