Early childhood epilepsies: epidemiology, classification, aetiology, and socio-economic determinants.
Symonds JD, Elliott KS, Shetty J, Armstrong M, Brunklaus A, Cutcutache I, Diver LA, Dorris L, Gardiner S, Jollands A, Joss S, Kirkpatrick M, McLellan A, MacLeod S, O'Regan M, Page M, Pilley E, Pilz DT, Stephen E, Stewart K, Ashrafian H, Knight JC, Zuberi SM.
Symonds JD, et al.
Brain. 2021 Oct 22;144(9):2879-2891. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab162.
Brain. 2021.
PMID: 34687210
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Twenty-four months after presentation, 36% of children had drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), and 49% had global developmental delay (GDD). Identification of an aetiology was the strongest determinant of both DRE and GDD. Aetiology was determined in 82% of those with DR …
Twenty-four months after presentation, 36% of children had drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE), and 49% had global developmental del …