Publication: Epilepsy in children: an epidemiological study at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital Kathmandu
| creativeworkseries.issn | 1812-2027 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shakya, KN | |
| dc.contributor.author | Shrestha, R | |
| dc.contributor.author | Baral, MR | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-05-04T08:15:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-05-04T08:15:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To analyze the relative frequencies of various epileptic seizures and to study the age at onset of different seizure types in Nepalese children. Design: Prospective study. Setting: Hospital outpatient based in Kathmandu, Nepal, between November 2001 to October 2002. Participants: 50 children diagnosed as epilepsy excluding neonatal and febrile seizures. Main outcome measure: Diagnosis and classification of cases according to the International Classification of Epilepsy of the International League Against Epilepsy [ILAE] and number of patients in each category with various ages at first seizure. Result: Generalized seizures (78%) were 3.54 times commoner than partial seizures (22%). Most frequent seizure types were generalized tonic clonic (36%), tonic (16%), complex partial (14%), atonic (12%) and absence (10%). Generalized clonic, simple partial and partial with secondary generalization, each had less than 5% frequencies. In 40% cases the first seizure occurred when aged between 2-5 years. In partial seizures the peak age at onset was observed below 6 years while primary generalized seizure was more frequently seen in age group 2-10 years. Conclusion: More paediatric patients with primary generalized seizures (78%) were observed than with partial seizures (22%). In this age group, the most frequent seizure type was generalized tonic clonic (36%) with the peak frequency of age at onset of seizures in 2-5 years. Key words: Epilepsy, Frequency, Age at onset. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/18 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.title | Epilepsy in children: an epidemiological study at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital Kathmandu | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.article.type | Original Article | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 19 | |
| oaire.citation.issue | 1 | |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 14 | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 1 | |
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