IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY

ADHD in idiopathic epilepsy.

Our aim was to clarify the correlation of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with epilepsy and behavior problems. This was a cross-sectional study. Sixty children with idiopathic epilepsy were interviewed using the MTA-SNAP IV Teacher and Parent Rating Scale, Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales and Conners' Rating Scales. We used the chi-square test to analyze the correlation of epil...

Investigating Relationship of positive Family Historypattern and the incidence of idiopathic epilepsy in patients with epilepsy

Idiopathic Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Absences.

An 8-year-old boy presented to us with daily, multiple seizures for the last 6 months. The parents reported brief jerking of limbs lasting for few seconds resulting in occasional falls. These episodes had been treated elsewhere as generalized tonic-clonic seizures with phenytoin and carbamazepine, with no response. There were no other seizure types or any history of cognitive decline. The famil...

Diagnosing idiopathic/cryptogenic epilepsy syndromes in infancy.

PURPOSE To determine the characteristics that permit diagnosis of the type of epilepsy beginning in the 1st year of life, and to determine from what age such characteristics are recognisable. PATIENTS From 430 non-selected patients who began having seizures in the 1st year of life and were referred to the neuropaediatric department of Saint Vincent de Paul Hospital, those with epileptic spasm...

The Blood Calcium In `Idiopathic' Epilepsy.