Abstract
Investigators at Asan Children's Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, performed a retrospective study of the prevalence of ADHD in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) and the factors that affect ADHD or attention impairment in patients with BECTS.
Highlights
In children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) and ADHD, frequent seizures or interictal epileptiform abnormalities are closely related to impairment of visual selective attention
Previous studies of the relation of attention impairment to epilepsy and ADHD have demonstrated a link between the side of the epileptic EEG focus and the type of learning deficit
A focus in the right hemisphere is associated with impaired visuo-spatial processing [1]
Summary
In children with BECTS and ADHD, frequent seizures or interictal epileptiform abnormalities are closely related to impairment of visual selective attention.
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