Epilepsy Syndrome Diagnosis at First Seizure

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-10-1

Epilepsy Syndrome Diagnosis at First Seizure

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 12 (1998): Issue 10

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Oct 1998

Abstract

The value of clinical, EEG, and MRI findings in the diagnosis of specific epilepsy syndromes following a first unprovoked seizure was evaluated in 300 consecutive patients, including 59 children, aged 5-16 yrs (20%), studied prospectively at the Austin Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia.

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Woermann FG Sisodiya SM Free SL Duncan JS Quantitative MRI in patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Evidence of widespread cerebral structural changes Brain 1998 Sep 121 Pt 9 1661 1667 10.1093/brain/121.9.1661 9762955
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-10-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 73 - 74

Published on: Oct 1, 1998

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Epilepsy Syndrome,

Benign Rolandic Epilepsy,

First Seizure

© 1998 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 12 (1998): Issue 10