Epilepsy Syndrome Diagnosis at First Seizure

Abstract

The value of clinical, EEG, and MRI findings in the diagnosis of specific epilepsy syndromes following a first unprovoked seizure was evaluated in 300 consecutive patients, including 59 children, aged 5-16 yrs (20%), studied prospectively at the Austin Medical Centre, Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia.

Keywords

• epilepsy syndrome
• benign rolandic epilepsy
• first seizure