Abstract
Researchers at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, report 11 children with intractable epilepsy (West syndrome in 6 and myoclonic seizures in 5) who showed clinical and electrographic improvement following acute viral infection.
Highlights
Lifetime risk and cumulative incidence of epilepsy were examined among Rochester, MN, residents between 1960 and 1979, and are reported from Columbia University, New York; and Mayo Clinic
Among 412 individuals identified with incident epilepsy, lifetime risk was 1.6% to age 50 and 3.0% to age 80; cumulative incidence 0.9% to age 20, 1.7% to age 50 and 3.4% to age 80
In patients with West syndrome, salaam and/or tonic spasms resolved within 6 days after onset of viral infection, and hypsarrhythmia was modified and evolved to localized spikes
Summary
Lifetime risk and cumulative incidence of epilepsy were examined among Rochester, MN, residents between 1960 and 1979, and are reported from Columbia University, New York; and Mayo Clinic. The authors estimate that 12 million individuals in the US will develop epilepsy in their lifetime. Researchers at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, report 11 children with intractable epilepsy (West syndrome in 6 and myoclonic seizures in 5) who showed clinical and electrographic improvement following acute viral infection.
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