Predictors of Long-Term Outcome of Convulsive Disorders in the First Year of Life: Clinical Usefulness of Five Risk Factors

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Abstract
The clinical usefulness of 5 risk factors (delayed development before the onset of seizures, abnormal EEG, symptomatic etiology, abnormal past histories, nonbrief symmetric generalized tonic and/or clonic convulsions) used to indicate long-term prognosis was investigated in 295 children who had convulsive disorders in the 1st yr of life. All patients were followed up to the age of 6 yr or older. Patients without any of these risk factors showed mentally and physically normal development and 89% became seizure-free. Only 10% or less of the high-risk group with 3 or more of these factors became mentally and physically normal. The score of these 5 factors was significantly related to the long-term prognosis and was assumed to be a valuable index to prognosis in the early stages.

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