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5
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1999-6-29
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Most neonatal seizures are occasional seizures and not true epilepsy. This study investigates seizure types of true neonatal epilepsies and their evolution with development. Seventy-five children with epilepsies of onset within 1 month of life, who were examined between 1970 and 1995, and whose seizure types could be confirmed with ictal EEG recordings, were studied. The patients were followed up for a minimum of 3 years and the evolution of epileptic syndromes was investigated. Sixty-three (84%) of 75 patients had partial seizures, while nine had generalized seizures, and only three had both generalized and partial seizures. Twenty-three of 24 neonates with benign familial or non-familial neonatal convulsions presented with partial seizures; these syndromes should not necessarily be categorized into generalized epilepsy as they are in the present International Classification. Age-dependent changes were a common feature of symptomatic neonatal epilepsies. Eighteen (41%) of 44 patients with symptomatic epilepsies of neonatal onset developed West syndrome in infancy. Fifteen (83%) of these 18 patients presented with symptomatic localization-related epilepsy in the neonatal period. In seven of these 15 patients, West syndrome was followed by localization-related epilepsy. Symptomatic localization-related epilepsy with transient West syndrome in infancy is another type of age-dependent epileptic syndrome.
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eng
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| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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MEDLINE
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May
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| pubmed:issn |
0012-1622
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Print
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| pubmed:volume |
41
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
318-22
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-11-11
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| pubmed:year |
1999
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Epilepsies of neonatal onset: seizure type and evolution.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Department of Pediatrics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan. kwatana@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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Journal Article
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