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- Title
Epileptic seizure, as the first symptom of hypoparathyroidism in children, does not require antiepileptic drugs.
- Authors
Liu, Meng-Jia; Li, Jiu-Wei; Shi, Xiu-Yu; Hu, Lin-Yan; Zou, Li-Ping
- Abstract
Objective: Patients with hypoparathyroidism exhibit metabolic disorders (hypocalcemia) and brain structural abnormalities (brain calcifications). Currently, studies have determined whether antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment is required for epileptic seizures in children with hypoparathyroidism. Method: This study aims to evaluate the data of two medical centers in Beijing based on the diagnosis of epileptic seizures as the first symptom of hypoparathyroidism in children. Result: A total of 42 patients were included and assigned into AED and non-AED treatment groups in a 1:2 matched case-control study. Results show that the seizure outcome after 1 year of AED treatment is not significantly different from that of the control. In the subgroup analysis of patients with subcortical calcifications, the seizure outcome is still not significantly different from that of the control. Conclusion: Thus, AED treatment cannot improve the seizure outcomes in children with parathyroid disorder, even in such cases as suspected structural seizure caused by subcortical calcifications. Clinicians must take adequate considerations on the use of AEDs in these patients. Epileptic seizures, as the first symptom of hypoparathyroidism in children, do not require epilepsy drugs.
- Subjects
CHILDHOOD epilepsy; HYPOPARATHYROIDISM; ANTICONVULSANTS; HYPOCALCEMIA; CALCIFICATION
- Publication
Child's Nervous System, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 2, p297
- ISSN
0256-7040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00381-016-3264-2