title: [Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy].
abstract: The incidence of epilepsy in 110 patients with cerebral palsy (the majority with spastic tetraplegia) was 46,4%. Almost half of the patients with spastic tetraplegia (45%) and hemiplegia (52%) had epilepsy. The incidence was lower in patients with spastic diplegia (32%). Half of epilepsy in spastic hemiplegia were partial seizures and the other half consisted of generalized seizures, while generalized tonic-clonic episodes predominated in all other forms of C.P. A high incidence of West syndrome was observed in patients with spastic tetraplegia. Etiological factors of C.P. were perinatal in 75%. 16,65% had neonatal antecedents of convulsions; most of them had spastic tetraplegia (75%) and a significant mental retardation. A low intelligence quotient (I.Q.) was seen in most of the children with epilepsy, and patients with tetraplegia had significantly lower intelligence quotient than other groups.
authors.affiliation: Faculté de Médecine, ULg.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peduzzi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Defontaine
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Misson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies