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Chapter 4 - Classifications of Seizures and Epilepsies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2019

By
Anthony L. Fine ,
Elaine C. Wirrell  and
Katherine C. Nickels
Edited by
Vibhangini S. Wasade  and
Marianna V. Spanaki
Vibhangini S. Wasade
Affiliation:
Henry Ford Medical Group HFHS, Michigan
Marianna V. Spanaki
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Michigan
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Summary

Epilepsy is amongst the most common of neurological disorders seen in children, with incidence rates ranging from 33.3–82 cases per 100,000 per year.1–4 The incidence is highest in the first year of life, and decreases in the teen years. Epilepsy is clearly focal in onset in approximately two-thirds of pediatric cases and generalized in onset in one-quarter.4 Approximately half of children have no known etiology.4

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Understanding Epilepsy
A Study Guide for the Boards
 , pp. 58 - 76
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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