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DOI	10.1186/s41983-018-0032-0
	Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)
	Farghaly, Wafaa M.; Abd Elhamed, Mohamed A.; Hassan, Enas M.; Soliman, Wael T.; Yhia, Mohamed A.; Hamdy, Nermin A.
通讯作者	Abd Elhamed, MA
来源期刊	EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROSURGERY
ISSN	1687-8329
出版年	2018
卷号	54 期号:1
英文摘要	BackgroundA high prevalence of epilepsy in children is frequently found in developing countries.ObjectiveThis study aimed to determine the prevalence and clinical pattern of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt.MethodsThis is a door-to-door study conducted on all inhabitants <18years in Al Kharga district and Al Qusier city (36,195 subjects). The study was conducted through two stages; every stage consisted of two phases (screening and diagnostic).ResultsLifetime prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy (children <18years) in Upper Egypt was 9.7/1000, with higher prevalence among children <12years (10.8/1000) than adolescents (7.2/1000). The age-specific prevalence was highest in early childhood (12.01/1000) and least at adolescence (7.2/1000). More than half of the patients (59.4%) had idiopathic epilepsy. The most frequent etiology for structural/metabolic epilepsy was perinatal complications, particularly in infancy, followed by central nervous system (CNS) infections, in childhood, and post-traumatic epilepsy in adolescence. Partial seizures were more frequent in infancy, while generalized seizures were more frequent in late childhood and adolescence. Generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) were the most frequent type of seizures.ConclusionPrevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt was not so much different from other developing countries. Idiopathic epilepsy was more prevalent than structural/metabolic cases. Perinatal complications, CNS infections, and head injury were the most frequent etiologies, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures were the most frequent seizure type.
英文关键词	Childhood epilepsy Epidemiology Upper Egypt
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	DOAJ Gold, Green Published
收录类别	ESCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000449797400001
WOS关键词	SEIZURE FREQUENCY ; SAUDI-ARABIA ; CHILDREN ; EPIDEMIOLOGY ; POPULATION ; DISORDERS ; DISTRICT ; PATTERN
WOS类目	Neurosciences
WOS研究方向	Neurosciences & Neurology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/333061
作者单位	[Farghaly, Wafaa M.; Abd Elhamed, Mohamed A.] Assiut Univ, Dept Neurol, Assiut, Egypt; [Hassan, Enas M.; Soliman, Wael T.; Yhia, Mohamed A.; Hamdy, Nermin A.] Menia Univ, Dept Neurol, Al Minya, Egypt
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Farghaly, Wafaa M.,Abd Elhamed, Mohamed A.,Hassan, Enas M.,et al. Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)[J],2018,54(1).
APA	Farghaly, Wafaa M.,Abd Elhamed, Mohamed A.,Hassan, Enas M.,Soliman, Wael T.,Yhia, Mohamed A.,&Hamdy, Nermin A..(2018).Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas).EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROSURGERY,54(1).
MLA	Farghaly, Wafaa M.,et al."Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)".EGYPTIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROSURGERY 54.1(2018).