Publications by authors named "E Cassinello-Garcia"
Purpose: To test the new ILAE definition of drug-resistant epilepsy in a cohort study.
Methods: All children younger than 14 with two or more unprovoked seizures observed at our hospital between 1994 and 2008 were included.
Results: Five hundred and eight patients were followed for an average of 90 months (range 24-168).
Purpose: To investigate response to sequential treatment schedules and risk of development of refractory epilepsy in childhood.
Methods: All children younger than 14 years with two or more unprovoked seizures seen at our hospital between 1994 and 2004 were included and prospectively followed. "Seizure control" was defined as a 2-year seizure-free interval without further recurrences except those related to attempts of medication withdrawal and "refractory epilepsy" as failure of >2 drugs plus >1 seizure/month for > or =18 months.
Aim: To study recurrence risk after withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs in children with epilepsy.
Methods: All children younger than 14 with two or more unprovoked seizures 24h apart who were seen at our Hospital between 1994 and 2004 were included consecutively and prospectively followed. Patients previously examined in other centres were excluded.
Purpose: To investigate early predictors (6 months after diagnosis) of refractory epilepsy.
Study Design: prospective cohort study.
Inclusion Criteria: all consecutive children <14 years with two or more unprovoked seizures 24h apart, who were seen at our hospital between 1994 and 2004.
The aim of this study was to assess recurrence risk after a first remote symptomatic unprovoked seizure in childhood. All consecutive patients younger than 14 years with a first remote symptomatic unprovoked seizure who were seen at our hospital between 1994 and 2006 were included in the study and prospectively followed. Only two patients received antiepileptic treatment.
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