Abstract

The prevalence and severity of handicaps in 217 children and adolescents with epilepsy were assessed at the University of Goteborg, Ostra Hospital, Sweden, using the World Health Organization International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH).

Highlights

  • NON-BENIGN FAMILIAL NEONATAL CONVULSIONS An electroclinical pattern characteristic of benign familial neonatal convulsions is reported in two neonates with non-benign seizures treated at the Miami Children's Hospital, FL

  • The electroclinical events thought to be characteristic of benign familial neonatal convulsions (BFNC) are nonspecific

  • The prevalence and severity of handicaps in 217 children and adolescents with epilepsy were assessed at the University of Goteborg, Ostra Hospital, Sweden, using the World Health Organization International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH)

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Introduction

The prevalence and severity of handicaps in 217 children and adolescents with epilepsy were assessed at the University of Goteborg, Ostra Hospital, Sweden, using the World Health Organization International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps (ICIDH). NON-BENIGN FAMILIAL NEONATAL CONVULSIONS An electroclinical pattern characteristic of benign familial neonatal convulsions is reported in two neonates with non-benign seizures treated at the Miami Children's Hospital, FL. (Alfonso I, Hahn JS, Papazian O et al Bilateral tonic-clonic epileptic seizures in nonbenign familial neonatal convulsions.

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