Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy in a tertiary center. METHODS: a total of 100 consecutive patients with cerebral palsy were retrospectively studied. Criteria for inclusion were follow-up period for at least 2 years. Types and inci...
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| author | Isac Bruck Sérgio Antônio Antoniuk Adriane Spessatto Ricardo Schmitt de Bem Romeu Hausberger Carlos Gustavo Pacheco |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy in a tertiary center. METHODS: a total of 100 consecutive patients with cerebral palsy were retrospectively studied. Criteria for inclusion were follow-up period for at least 2 years. Types and incidence of epilepsy were correlated with the different forms of cerebral palsy. Other factors associated with epilepsy such as age of first seizure, neonatal seizures and family history of epilepsy were also analysed. RESULTS: follow-up ranged between 24 and 151 months (mean 57 months). The overall prevalence of epilepsy was 62%. Incidence of epilepsy was predominant in patients with hemiplegic and tetraplegic palsies: 70.6% and 66.1%, respectively. First seizure occurred during the first year of life in 74.2% of patients with epilepsy. Generalized and partial were the predominant types of epilepsy (61.3% and 27.4%, respectively). Thirty-three (53.2%) of 62 patients were seizure free for at least 1 year. Neonatal seizures and family history of epilepsy were associated with a higher incidence of epilepsy. CONCLUSIONS: epilepsy in cerebral palsy can be predicted if seizures occur in the first year of life, in neonatal period and if there is family history of epilepsy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f98cdf29c194499bad324d3aea1dc36b2025-08-20T03:06:31ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272001-03-01591353910.1590/S0004-282X2001000100008Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsyIsac Bruck0Sérgio Antônio Antoniuk1Adriane Spessatto2Ricardo Schmitt de Bem3Romeu Hausberger4Carlos Gustavo Pacheco5Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáOBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in patients with cerebral palsy in a tertiary center. METHODS: a total of 100 consecutive patients with cerebral palsy were retrospectively studied. Criteria for inclusion were follow-up period for at least 2 years. Types and incidence of epilepsy were correlated with the different forms of cerebral palsy. Other factors associated with epilepsy such as age of first seizure, neonatal seizures and family history of epilepsy were also analysed. RESULTS: follow-up ranged between 24 and 151 months (mean 57 months). The overall prevalence of epilepsy was 62%. Incidence of epilepsy was predominant in patients with hemiplegic and tetraplegic palsies: 70.6% and 66.1%, respectively. First seizure occurred during the first year of life in 74.2% of patients with epilepsy. Generalized and partial were the predominant types of epilepsy (61.3% and 27.4%, respectively). Thirty-three (53.2%) of 62 patients were seizure free for at least 1 year. Neonatal seizures and family history of epilepsy were associated with a higher incidence of epilepsy. CONCLUSIONS: epilepsy in cerebral palsy can be predicted if seizures occur in the first year of life, in neonatal period and if there is family history of epilepsy.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2001000100008&tlng=enepilepsycerebral palsyneonatal seizures |
| spellingShingle | Isac Bruck Sérgio Antônio Antoniuk Adriane Spessatto Ricardo Schmitt de Bem Romeu Hausberger Carlos Gustavo Pacheco Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria epilepsy cerebral palsy neonatal seizures |
| title | Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| title_full | Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| title_fullStr | Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| title_short | Epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| title_sort | epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy |
| topic | epilepsy cerebral palsy neonatal seizures |
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