Epilepsy and Mental Retardation in Children with Cerebral Palsy – Bulgarian Study
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Published:2022-12-23
Issue:12
Volume:75
Page:1852-1858
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ISSN:2367-5535
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Container-title:Proceedings of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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language:
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Short-container-title:C. R. Acad. Bulg. Sci.
Author:
Rodopska Elena,Topalov Nikolay,Aleksandrova Iliana,Asenova Asya,Deneva Daniela,Koleva Maya,Slavkova Elena,Bojinova Veneta
Abstract
Epilepsy is common in children with cerebral palsy (CP). In a group of 521 children with cerebral palsy it was found that 58% (n = 303) of the affected had epilepsy and 74.5% (n = 388) had mental retardation. We found ahigher percentage of symptomatic epilepsy in a combination of CP with mental retardation – 84.2% (n = 255), while only 15.8% (n = 48) of children with normal intellect had epilepsy. In our CP patients, the focal seizures were the most common – 34.7% (n = 181), followed by the secondary generalized 29.6% (n = 154) and the generalized seizures (tonic, clonic and generalized tonicclonic) 25.3% (n = 132), most often with early onset, with 43.5% (n = 132) of them with onset in the first year of life. The earlier onset of the epileptic seizures correlated with a more severe mental retardation. We found that symptomatic epilepsy and severe mental retardation are most common in children with spastic quadriparesis.
Publisher
Prof. Marin Drinov Publishing House of BAS (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)
Subject
Multidisciplinary