An epidemiologic study of febrile seizures and epilepsy in children

Doerfer, Jürgen; Wässer, Stefan

doi:10.1016/0920-1211(87)90023-4

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“…The present prevalence rate of 5.1 per 1,000 of active epilepsy in 6-to 12-year-old children was in accordance with previous studies from Northern Norway (4.6 per 1,000) (4), recent results from other Scandinavian countries (2,3), and prevalence rates reported from several other developed countries (1, [18][19][20][21][22][23]. Most studies of sex distribution among children with epilepsy have shown a preponderance of boys (1,3,9,19,21,22,24-26), which was also found in the present study.…”

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Prevalence, Classification, and Severity of Epilepsy in Children in Western Norway

Waaler¹,

Blom²,

Skeidsvoll³

et al. 2000

Epilepsia

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Summary:Purpose: To determine prevalence of active epilepsy in school children in a defined area and assess the usefulness of International League Against Epilepsy classification of seizures and epileptic syndromes, with special emphasis on frequency, additional handicaps, and therapeutic problems of severe cases.Methods: The latest International League Against Epilepsy International Classification of Epileptic Seizures (ICES, 198 1) and Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes (ICE, 1989) were used for determination of prevalence rates, seizure types, epilepsies and epileptic syndromes, and additional neurological deficits in all 6-to 12-year-old children with epilepsy in a Norwegian county. Children had neuropediatric and EEC examination, intelligence evaluation, and, when necessary, additional investigations.Results: Prevalence of active epilepsy on January 1, 1995, was 5.1 per 1,000. Main seizure type and epilepsy syndrome could be classified in 98% and 90% of patients, respectively. Seizure types/epileptic syndromes were more often partiall localization related than generalized. Among generalized epilepsies, idiopathic forms were more frequent in girls, and cryptogenic and symptomatic forms more frequent in boys. Epileptogenic EEG activity was most often generalized or localized to one or two areas of the brain and was never found in 14% of patients. Symptomatic etiology was found in 46% of all children and in 81% of therapy-resistant cases, respectively. Over the years, 11 ?h of children had never used antiepileptic drugs (AED), 62% had tried one or two AEDs, and 26% had tried from three to 15 AEDs. Twenty-five percent of children were without present AED treatment. Complementary/alternative medicine had been tried by 12% of children.Conclusions: Although most epilepsies could be classified, the number of cases in non-specific categories was relatively high. Symptomatic etiology was frequent, especially in therapy-resistant cases. Multidisciplinary therapeutic and habilitation approaches are often needed in childhood epilepsy.

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“…Complementary/alternative medicine (CAM) had been tried by 23 (1 1.6%) children. Nineteen of them had at least one neurological deficit in addition to epilepsy.…”

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Prevalence, Classification, and Severity of Epilepsy in Children in Western Norway

Waaler¹,

Blom²,

Skeidsvoll³

et al. 2000

Epilepsia

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138

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“…In Germany no incidence study with a prospective design has been performed to date, and all three retrospective studies (1–3) did not use the diagnostic criteria of the ILAE Guidelines (24) or Classification (25). Therefore we performed a prospective study to investigate the incidence of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes in childhood using ILAE criteria (25–27).…”

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“…In Germany, three studies on the incidence of epilepsies in children and adolescents were performed (1)(2)(3). Incidence rates were retrospectively assessed by gathering information from hospital charts.…”

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Incidence of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes in Children and Adolescents: A Population‐Based Prospective Study in Germany

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“…In our study, the percentage of febrile SE reached 46%. The prevalence rate of febrile seizures in Japan (Tsuboi, 1984) is much higher than in the United States (Nelson and Ellenberg, 1978) and other countries (Verity et al, 1985; Doerfer and Wässer, 1987; Okan et al, 1995). Therefore, the high percentage of febrile SE in our study might be a result of racial difference of febrile seizures.…”

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An Epidemiological Study of Children with Status Epilepticus in Okayama, Japan

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Summary:Background: The incidence of status epilepticus (SE) in Asian children, including Japanese, has not been reported.Methods: In 2003, we performed an epidemiological study of SE on Japanese children (31 days or older to <15 years of age) in Okayama City by ascertaining all lifetime first episodes of SE.Results: Thirty-seven patients (22 males and 15 females) were identified. The annual incidence of SE was 38.8 per 100,000 population (95% CI: 24.5-49.5). Febrile SE in the absence of CNS infection accounted for 17. Acute symptomatic etiologies other than febrile SE were observed in eight patients, including three cases of influenza encephalitis/encephalopathy. Five were classified as remote symptomatic and the remaining seven as cryptogenic. The highest incidence (155.1/100,000) was seen in the age range of 31 days or older to <1 year, followed by 101.5/100,000 in the age range of one year, and the incidence decreased after eight years. In 26 of the 37 patients, SE was their first seizure. As for seizure types, 32 had convulsive SE, including tonic status in one. Five others showed nonconvulsive SE, including complex partial SE in four and absence status in one. No one died of SE. Two patients who brought on SE because of influenza encephalitis/encephalopathy suffered from motor disturbance with or without mental disturbance after SE.Conclusions: The incidence of SE tended to be higher in Japanese children than reported in Caucasians. The Japanese had an age-specific incidence pattern similar to that of Caucasians.

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An epidemiologic study of febrile seizures and epilepsy in children

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References 7 publications

Prevalence, Classification, and Severity of Epilepsy in Children in Western Norway

Prevalence, Classification, and Severity of Epilepsy in Children in Western Norway

Incidence of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes in Children and Adolescents: A Population‐Based Prospective Study in Germany

An Epidemiological Study of Children with Status Epilepticus in Okayama, Japan

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