Clinical Study of Epileptic Children with Frequent Seizures

Abstract

The subjects were 98 children with an average age of 5.8 years. The frequent seizures were categorized into the following three modes: (1) seizures occur more than five times a day;(2) 1-4 seizures occur every day for one week or more; (3) 1-4 seizures a day occur weekly for one month or more. The incidence of each mode was as follows: (1) 15.3%; (2) 16.3%;(3) 173% (1) t (2) 43.9%; etc. We observed frequently the cases of tonicclonic seizures in mode (l), infantile spasms (IS) in mode (2), simple partial seizures (SPS) in mode (3), and minor seizures, IS, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LCS) in mode (1) t (2). Abnormal CT findings were observed in 37.8%. Of all the patients, 33.7% indicated a developmental quotient (DQ) or intelligence quotient (IQ) above 80, and 31.6% showed a DQ or IQ under 30. Of 96 patients followed for the past one year or more, 32.3%, consisting mainly of the cases with absence seizures and IS, had been seizure-free for at least one year; 60.4%including the cases with LCS, SPS, etc., still had seizures.(Acta Paediatr Jpn 1989; 3 1 : 237 -244)

Intellectual impairment in patients with epilepsy in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

“…In addition, in our study the patients with increased frequency of seizure attacks performed poorly on WAIS scales, i.e. verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full scale IQ score and this finding is in consonance with earlier works (14,17,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39). Which showed negative correlation between seizure frequency and overall intellectual performance in PWE.…”

“…verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full scale IQ score and this finding is in consonance with earlier works (14,17,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39). verbal IQ, performance IQ, and full scale IQ score and this finding is in consonance with earlier works (14,17,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39).…”