Seizures
Findings in seizures reported from Pontificia University Catolica of Campinas
Published in Pain and Central Nervous System Week, September 13th, 2010
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Benign childhood epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes: evolutive clinical, cognitive and EEG aspects.' According to recent research from Campinas, Brazil, "Thirty-two children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) were studied for a mean period of 27.6 months. The characteristics of the seizures, electroencephalogram (EEG), WISC-III and School Performance Test were compared at the start and end of the study."
"Nine (28.1%) children continued having seizures. Epileptiform activity (EA) on the EEG reduced in number and was no longer recorded in 6 (18.7%) children. There was a significant improvement...
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