Studies on the frequency and clinical manifestations of epilepsy in infancy and early childhood.
The frequency, clinical manifestations and prognosis of epileptic seizures were analysed in 149 epileptic children aged up to three years. The frequency of epileptic seizures was found to have increased four-fold for the period of study. The generalised forms of epilepsy was found to have the greatest occurrence rate (65.8%). In infants the infantile spasms prevailed, and in children over the age of one year-the generalised tonic-clonic seizures. Partial seizures were observed in 24.1%, and mixed forms of epilepsies-in 10.1% of the cases. The prognosis of the children was comparatively good. Remission was achieved in 80.5% of the cases with primary generalised seizure, in 65% for those with partial seizures and in 40% of the children with mixed forms of seizures. The secondary generalised forms had the poorest prognosis--remission was achieved here only in 13.3% of the cases.
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Department of Paediatrics, University of Medicine, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012189:Retrospective Studies