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12865055

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to identify early predictors of seizure remission in occipital lobe epilepsy irrespective of syndrome classification i.e. idiopathic or symptomatic occipital lobe epilepsy. Forty-three children with occipital lobe epilepsy had taken part in an earlier study of seizure semiology, neurological deficits, psychomotor/cognitive status, electroencephalography (EEG) and neuroimaging. On the basis of the results of a questionnaire on the state of their epilepsy in 2000, two groups were composed. One group (n=17) consisted of the children with a complete seizure remission of 5 years or more, and the other (n=26) comprised children whose last seizure occurred less than 5 years ago. Our findings indicate that neurological deficit and EEG characteristics can predict 5 year outcome of occipital lobe epilepsy. Neuroradiological abnormality, psychomotor/cognitive status and seizure semiology appear to be of more limited value.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1090-3798
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
161-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Early prediction of seizure remission in children with occipital lobe epilepsy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article