title: [Non-terminal remission in epileptic patients].
abstract: Seven hundreds and fifty-eight patients with epilepsy have been studied. Non-terminal remission (temporal stop of seizures with the following relapse) has been diagnosed in 18,3% of cases. An aim of the study was to investigate clinical characteristics and prognosis in patients with such type of remission. The study included evaluation of anamnesis, clinical and neurological examination, routine EEG and/or video-EEG-monitoring, MRI of the brain. The period of observation was 1-5 years (on average 2,5 years). As a result, patients were diagnosed with idiopathic generalized epilepsy (18 cases), epilepsy with rare, usually secondary generalized, seizures (37 cases), drug-induced remission (46 cases) and long-term spontaneous remission usually associated with late childhood and adolescence (18 cases). These groups differed by clinical features and effectiveness of antiepileptic therapy. In conclusion, patients with non-terminal remission represent a heterogeneous group with different character of epileptic syndromes, forms of disease and prognosis.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Kotov
authors.forename: I G
authors.initials: IG
authors.lastname: Rudakova
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kotov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012074:Remission Induction; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants