title: Study of prevalence of epilepsy in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the prevalence of epilepsy in children (<16 yrs) with type 1 diabetes.
  
  
  METHODS
  A review of clinical notes and investigations was carried out on all the children with type 1 diabetes who were under follow-up in the Paediatric Diabetes clinic at Alder Hey Children's Hospital in the year 2010.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 285 children aged <16 years with type 1 diabetes, six also had epilepsy giving a prevalence of 21/1000. This is approximately six times greater than the prevalence of epilepsy in the general population of children in UK.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Epilepsy appears to occur more frequently in children with type 1 diabetes than in the general paediatric population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool L12 2AP, UK. renukaram@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Renuka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramakrishnan
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Appleton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology