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Behavioral status of children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy.
- Source :
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Journal of child neurology [J Child Neurol] 2009 Apr; Vol. 24 (4), pp. 449-53. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jan 22. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Using the Child Behavior Checklist, behavior of 51 children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy was studied. According to parent report, children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy scored in the clinical range on the subscales "internalizing behavior," ''total behavior,'' and "attentional problems.'' No relation between the epilepsy factors seizure frequency, age at onset, duration of epilepsy or the number of antiepileptic drugs, and the subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist was found. Only for seizure type a relationship was found. Although in the normal range, the more severe the seizure type, the more delinquent, aggressive, and externalizing behavioral problems. Other studies have demonstrated that in children with epilepsy, internalizing problems are more common than externalizing problems, and that attentional, social, and thought problems are relatively specific. Therefore, we can conclude that the behavioral problems we found in our cohort are not very different from behavioral problems described in other epilepsy types.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Age Distribution
Age of Onset
Anticonvulsants therapeutic use
Attention physiology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity etiology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity physiopathology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity psychology
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders etiology
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders physiopathology
Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders psychology
Child
Child Behavior Disorders physiopathology
Cohort Studies
Conduct Disorder etiology
Conduct Disorder physiopathology
Conduct Disorder psychology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Disease Progression
Epilepsy physiopathology
Epilepsy, Complex Partial complications
Epilepsy, Complex Partial physiopathology
Epilepsy, Complex Partial psychology
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Severity of Illness Index
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
Child Behavior Disorders etiology
Child Behavior Disorders psychology
Epilepsy complications
Epilepsy psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1708-8283
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of child neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19168434
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0883073808325654