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Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centro‐Temporal Spikes: Evolution of Seizure Types
Author(s) -
Ishikawa Tatsuya,
Nakazato Mikiko,
Awaya Atsuko,
Kanayarna Manabu
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1988.tb02500.x
Subject(s) - complex partial seizures , medicine , ictal , epilepsy , partial epilepsy , partial seizures , electroencephalography , pediatrics , audiology , psychiatry , temporal lobe
Evolution of the seizure types according to age in 20 outpatients with benign childhood epilepsy with centro‐temporal spikes (BECT) was studied. BECT satisfied the following criteria: 1) normal intelligence, 2) central and/or mid‐temporal spikes with normal background activities on the interictal EEG recordings, and 3) partial and/or generalized seizures in sleep. The patients were divided into two groups according to the clinical course; P (n = 10): patients with only (n = 6) or predominantly (n = 4) partial seizures, G (n = 10): those with only (n = 7) or predominantly (n = 3) generalized seizures. No difference in the age at onset was noted between the two groups. There were also no indications that the seizures tend to generalize at a younger age or remain partial at an older age. Therefore, age is not important in the evolution of partial to generalized seizures in BECT.