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2508421

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Remarkable progress has been accomplished in epileptology in recent years. The remission rate in childhood epilepsy has been improved by the introduction of new technologies and better diagnostic as well as therapeutic methods. Investigation of prognosis is an important field of epileptology, because prognostic improvement reflects its overall progress. A long-term follow-up study of childhood epilepsy was undertaken in the Okayama University Hospital. Ten to 15 years of follow-up was possible in 730 of 1,295 patients who were first diagnosed at ages below 15 years, from 1968 to 1971. The 3-year remission rate amounted to 82.0% and 5-year remission was obtained in 79.1%. These high rates of remission indicate the favorable prognosis of childhood epilepsy. On the other hand, cases of intractable epilepsy also amounted to a considerable number. Intractable epilepsy consisted mainly of age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy (Ohtahara's syndrome, West syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) and severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy. Development of effective therapy for these intractable epileptic syndromes will be an important subject of future studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0374-5600
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
259-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Clinical course and prognosis of childhood epilepsy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article