title: Population study of benign rolandic epilepsy: is treatment needed?
abstract: Forty-three of 79 children (54%) with benign rolandic epilepsy from a regional population were treated with antiepileptic drugs (AED); 36 (46%) were not. Physician advice was a major determinant of treatment choice. AED significantly reduced generalized seizures (p = 0.001) but did not reduce partial seizures. After 4 to 14 years and >900 seizures, all patients were in remission without medication or injury. Physicians may confidently offer a no-AED treatment strategy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Dalhousie University, and the IWK Health Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Camfield
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Camfield
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants