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A prolonged prospective follow‐up study of 306 epileptic patients in New Delhi
Author(s) -
Jain S.,
Maheshawari M. C.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1991.tb04997.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , medicine , prospective cohort study , incidence (geometry) , anticonvulsant , pediatrics , anticonvulsant drugs , surgery , psychiatry , physics , optics
A prolonged prospective follow‐up study of 306 cases of epilepsy was carried out and patients followed up for at least 3 years. The aim of this study was to know the range of seizure types, the severity of epilepsy, and the results of the treatment in a developing country like India. The results indicate that the reported familial incidence of seizures was low. Two‐thirds of cases were adequately treated with a single drug. There was no significant teratogenic effect of the drugs. Majority of patients had seizure recurrence within 3 months of stopping anticonvulsant drugs.