Journals / Epilepsi / 1999 / Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 3

Etiology in the infantile onset epilepsy

Infantil dönemde başlayan epilepsilerde etyoloji

Journal
Epilepsi
Pages
111–115
DOI
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Conclusion: In infantile onset epilepsies, symptomatic cases account for a major group, of which diseases causing diffuse cerebral damage are the most common.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objectives: To describe the etiology of infantile onset epilepsies and to determine the underlying central nervous disease in symptomatic cases.
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Key Findings & Data:Patients and Methods: Etiologic factors were investigated in 174 patients with epilepsy, whose seizures appeared between one month and two years of age.
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Conclusion & Impact:Conclusion: In infantile onset epilepsies, symptomatic cases account for a major group, of which diseases causing diffuse cerebral damage are the most common.
🔬Design:Research Article
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Süt çocuğu · Epilepsi · Konvülsiyonlar

Abstract

Objectives: To describe the etiology of infantile onset epilepsies and to determine the underlying central nervous disease in symptomatic cases. Patients and Methods: Etiologic factors were investigated in 174 patients with epilepsy, whose seizures appeared between one month and two years of age. Etiologic groups and clinical features were compared. Results: The mean age of onset was 7.7±6.3 months. Etiologies were symptomatic, cryptogenic, and idiopathic in 55.2%, 22.4%, and 21.8% of patients, respectively. Pre- and perinatal factors (35.4%) developmental cerebral anomalies (22.9%), and neurodegenerative diseases (12.5%) were the leading etiologic factors in the symptomatic group. A diagnosis of West syndrome was made in 24%. Conclusion: In infantile onset epilepsies, symptomatic cases account for a major group, of which diseases causing diffuse cerebral damage are the most common.

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Amaç: İnfantil dönemde ortaya çıkan epilepsilerde etyolojiyi tanımlamak, semptomatik olgularda altta yatan merkezi sinir sistemi hastalığını belirlemek. Hastalar ve Yöntemler: İlk konvulsiyonları bir ay ile iki yaş arasında başlayan ve epilepsi tanısı alan 174 hastada etyolojik faktörler araştırıldı. Etyolojik gruplar ve bazı klinik özellikler karşılaştırıldı. Bulgular: Ortalama epilepsi başlama yaşı 7.7±6.3 ay idi. Olguların %55.2'si semptomatik, %22.4'ü kriptojenik ve %21.8'i idiyopatik grupta yer aldı. Semptomatik grupta epilepsiye yol açan nedenler arasında pre- ve perinatal faktörler (%35.4), gelişimsel serebral anomaliler (%22.9) ve nörodejeneratif hastalıklar (%12.5) en önemli grupları oluşturmaktaydı. Olguların %24'ü West sendromu tanısı aldı. Sonuç: İnfantil dönem epilepsilerinde en büyük grubu semptomatik olgular oluşturmaktadır. Semptomatik grupta da diffüz serebral hasara yol açan nedenler daha fazla bulunmuştur.

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ALPER, G., YILMAZ, Y., TURAN, S. (1999). Etiology in the infantile onset epilepsy. Epilepsi, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 3, 111–115. https://ajindex.com/articles/189427