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Forceps Delivery as a Risk Factor in Epilepsy: Some Further Observations
Author(s) -
Maheshwari M.C.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00885.x
Subject(s) - forceps delivery , forceps , epilepsy , partial seizures , complex partial seizures , risk factor , pediatrics , medicine , partial epilepsy , anesthesia , psychology , psychiatry , temporal lobe , surgery , pregnancy , genetics , vaginal delivery , biology
A total of 381 :children born with forceps delivery and 372 :with normal delivery were followed up for 4–7 years. More children in the forcepa group developed seizures than in the normal group, i.e. 22 :10. This was statistically significant (P<0.05). There was no neurological deficit in any child who had seizures. Both partial and generalized seizures were seen but partial seizures were more frequent.