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Electromagnetic Source Imaging in Presurgical Evaluation of Children with Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Published on: September 20, 2024
[Epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy--analysis of frequency and clinical prognosis]
Chitose Sugiura1, Madoka Shiota, Atsushi Ieshima
1Department of Pediatrics, Tottori Prefectural Kaike Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children, Yonago, Tottori. sugiura-c@pref.tottori.jp
Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate the incidence and prognosis of epilepsy in 109 patients with cerebral palsy and to attempt to correlate these clinical data with the type of palsy. The incidence of epilepsy, the onset of age and the type of first seizure were associated with the regions affected by palsy. A good association exists between tetraplegia and age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy. In patients with cerebral cortical lesions demonstrated by radiological examination, the incidence of epilepsy was significantly increased. The prognosis of epilepsy is not related to the type of palsy. In spastic palsy, the patients with epilepsy showed more severe intellectual disabilities.
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