Long term outcome of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood

• Published in: Seizure (London, England) Vol. 19; no. 8; pp. 501 - 506
• Main Authors: Callenbach, Petra M.C, Bouma, Paul A.D, Geerts, Ada T, Arts, Willem Frans M, Stroink, Hans, Peeters, Els A.J, van Donselaar, Cees A, Peters, A.C. Boudewijn, Brouwer, Oebele F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.10.2010
• Subjects: Age of Onset; Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; BECTS; Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; Child; Child, Preschool; Developmental Disabilities - etiology; Epilepsy, Rolandic - complications; Epilepsy, Rolandic - drug therapy; Epilepsy, Rolandic - physiopathology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Infant; Long-term follow-up; Male; Netherlands; Neurology; Outcome; Predictive Value of Tests; Prognosis; Remission Induction; Surveys and Questionnaires; Treatment Outcome; Netherlands; Long-term follow-up; BECTS; Outcome; Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes

Abstract Purpose To determine long-term outcome in a cohort of children with newly diagnosed benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS). Methods 29 children with BECTS were included in the Dutch Study of Epilepsy in Childhood. Each child was followed for 5 years, and subsequently c...