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- Title
A Detailed Analysis of Frontal Lobe Seizure Semiology in Children Younger Than 7 Years.
- Authors
Fogarasi, Andras; Janszky, Jozsef; Faveret, Eduardo; Pieper, Tom; Tuxhorn, Ingrid
- Abstract
Summary: Purpose: We sought to analyze semiology of sei-zure onset and evolution in young children with frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE), compare this with adult reports, and assess age-related differences. Methods: We analyzed 111 videotaped seizures from 14 pa-tients with FLE based on focal cortical dysplasia aged 3--81 months (mean, 30 months). Ictal events were categorized into behavioral, consciousness, autonomic, and sensory features, as well as motor patterns, which included tonic, clonic, epileptic spasm, and myoclonic seizure components. We developed a time-scaled datasheet to record each epileptic event as onset, very early, early, or late manifestation. Results: Patients had a high seizure frequency with up to 40 attacks/day; half of them showed a cluster tendency. Forty-seven percent of the seizures started in sleep. Mean duration of seizures was short (29 s). Most common seizure components were motor manifestations, mostly tonic-clonic seizures, and.
- Subjects
FRONTAL lobe epilepsy; CHILDHOOD epilepsy; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Epilepsia (Series 4), 2001, Vol 42, Issue 1, p80
- ISSN
0013-9580
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.43799.x