Classifications of seizures and epilepsies

Anthony L. Fine; Elaine C. Wirrell; Katherine C. Nickels

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Classifications of seizures and epilepsies

Anthony L. Fine, Elaine C. Wirrell, Katherine C. Nickels

Neurology

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Understanding Epilepsy
Subtitle of host publication	A Study Guide for the Boards
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pages	58-76
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9781108754200
ISBN (Print)	9781108718905
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108754200.005
State	Published - Oct 11 2019

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