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A general hospital population of childhood epilepsy
Author(s) -
Braathen G,
Theorell K
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1995.tb13514.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , pediatrics , incidence (geometry) , epilepsy in children , population , epilepsy syndromes , el niño , psychiatry , environmental health , physics , optics
In a general hospital population of 74 000 children under the age of 16 years in southern Stockholm, 79 children were started on antiepileptic drugs due to epilepsy during the 2 year period 1990‐92. The mean annual incidence of childhood epilepsy in this area was 53 per 100 000 children younger than 16 years. Neurological impairments were identified in 35% of the children. The epilepsy diagnoses were set according to the International Classification System proposed by the International League Against Epilepsy. Partial seizures were seen in 52% of the children. The syndrome BECT was identified in 11%. The epilepsy was symptomatic in 30%, and therapy‐resistant in 23%. Children, classification, epidemiology, epilepsy