Pattern of Epilepsy in Childhood and Adolescence in Assiut University Hospital
Abd EI-Razek Mohamed Sayed;
Abstract
This hospital-based study was carried out on 127 epileptic children (:S:
18 years) (with a mean age 11.3±4.8), which represented 22.5% of the total epileptic patients attended the epilepsy out-patient clinic of Neurology and Psychiatry department, Assiut University Hospital (127/565) throughout a period of 6 months (from May 1st to 31of October 2003). This small unexpected number of the children is attributed to the fact that our hospital clinic subserves only those children who have no health insurance.
Nearly half of the patients who where interviewed (48%) were at age range from 12-18 years with equal proportions from both genders but males who attended our clinic were significantly younger in age than females. Most patients were rural residents (78%) and most were illiterate (62.2%). All patients were fully evaluated from the clinical and etiological aspects.
Most patients (70%) developed ;heir first seizures during the childhood period (1.5-12 years), with a mean age at onset ( 5.9 ± 3.5)
Parental consanguinity was repm1ed in 41%. Consanguinity between the parents appeared not to be a major factor in the genetics of convulsive disorders, but might potentiate the tendency of familial agf,>Tegation of convulsive disorder. The highest percentage of positive consanguinity was reported among cryptogenic (50%), followed by symptomatic (44%) and least among idiopathic (37.8%) f,>TOups of patients
18 years) (with a mean age 11.3±4.8), which represented 22.5% of the total epileptic patients attended the epilepsy out-patient clinic of Neurology and Psychiatry department, Assiut University Hospital (127/565) throughout a period of 6 months (from May 1st to 31of October 2003). This small unexpected number of the children is attributed to the fact that our hospital clinic subserves only those children who have no health insurance.
Nearly half of the patients who where interviewed (48%) were at age range from 12-18 years with equal proportions from both genders but males who attended our clinic were significantly younger in age than females. Most patients were rural residents (78%) and most were illiterate (62.2%). All patients were fully evaluated from the clinical and etiological aspects.
Most patients (70%) developed ;heir first seizures during the childhood period (1.5-12 years), with a mean age at onset ( 5.9 ± 3.5)
Parental consanguinity was repm1ed in 41%. Consanguinity between the parents appeared not to be a major factor in the genetics of convulsive disorders, but might potentiate the tendency of familial agf,>Tegation of convulsive disorder. The highest percentage of positive consanguinity was reported among cryptogenic (50%), followed by symptomatic (44%) and least among idiopathic (37.8%) f,>TOups of patients
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| Title | Pattern of Epilepsy in Childhood and Adolescence in Assiut University Hospital | Other Titles | نمطالصرع فى الاطفال والمراهقين فى مستشفى اسيوط الجامعى | Authors | Abd EI-Razek Mohamed Sayed | Issue Date | 2004 |
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