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Ildefonso Rodríguez Leyva1, Juan Francisco Hernández Gómez1, Fernando Cortés Enríquez1
1Departamento de Neurología, Clínica de Epilepsia, Hospital Central, Dr Ignacio Morones Prieto, San Luis Potosí, Mexico; Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
Objective:
Advances in neuroimaging, genomics, and molecular biology have improved the understanding of the pathogenesis of epilepsy. That is why the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has created a new classification system. The present study aims to evaluate the association between epilepsy cases classified by the ILAE 2010 classification proposal, electroencephalography (EEG), and magnetic resonance imaging brain findings (MRI).
Methods:
Prospective cross-sectional design of 277 cases of epilepsy seen at the Epilepsy Clinic, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", were compared with the ILAE classification based on the etiology and clinical manifestations and their MRI and EEG findings.
Statistical Analysis:
Cochran, Mantell, Haenzel test with significance p<0.05.
Results:
MRI findings were associated with the etiology of the ILAE classification. According to EEG findings, the structural-metabolic etiology patients had more dysfunctional reports than genetic or unknown etiology patients (p<0.05).
Significance:
The adoption of the ILAE classification is recommended, as it can provide useful guidance towards the etiology of cases of epilepsy even when brain MRIs and EEGs are not available.
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