Epidemiology of Different Types of Epilepsy in School Age Children of Modena, Italy |
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Authors: | G B Cavazzuti |
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Institution: | Department of Pediatrics, University of Modena Medical School, Modena, Italy |
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Abstract: | An epidemiologic study of epilepsy in school age children has been carried out in Modena, Italy, during the period 1968 to 1973. The prevalence of epileptics aged 5 to 14 years varied between 3.98% and 4.91%. The accession rate varied between 60 and 98 cases /100,000. The primary generalized epilepsies represent 30.8%, the epilepsies with rolandic spike foci 23.9%, the other types of partial epilepsy 42.1%, and the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome 3.2%. Of the 178 epileptics diagnosed during school age, 159 have been followed for at least 4 years, with recovery in 55% of the cases and tendency to improve in 24%. |
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Keywords: | Epidemiology Types of epilepsy Epilepsies of children Prognosis of epilepsy School age children |
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