Fortnightly review: Epilepsy in childhood

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Abstract
There are many childhood epilepsies, and seizures are the commonest paediatric neurological symptom. Epilepsy—that is, susceptibility to continuing seizures—occurs in 0.5-1.0% of the population and is intractable to current antiepileptic drug treatment in 20-25%. Epileptic seizures, including febrile convulsions, occur in 3-5% of children. Epilepsy starts in childhood in 60% of cases, and most of the clinically significant aspects of the disease occur during childhood.1

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