The age of normalization of the eeg in children with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes: A parameter for the discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs

Authors : AD Yalçın, A Gökyiğit, A Çalışkan

Pages : 144-146

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Publication Date : 1995-07-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(BECT); is placed in the group of idiopathic partial epilepsies in the International Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic Syndromes. Although the course of BECT is not always mild, the prognosis is favorable, therefore, some authors have emphasized that antiepileptic treatment may be unneccesary in most cases. However, many children with BECT have more than 2 seizures in the active period of the disease and must be treated with antiepileptic drugs insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AEDs);. The crucial problem to solve is when to stop AED in a patient with BECT. In this study we have identified the age of normalization of the electroencephalography insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(EEG); in 29 BECT patients and tried to determine whether this parameter can serve as a reliable criterion to stop AED treatment. We observed that there was a good correlation between the normalization of the EEG and the discontinuation of AED treatment, and suggest the use of low doses of AED in BECT patients after the second or third recognized seizure in the active period of the disease under periodic EEG evaluation.
Keywords : Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, Normalization of the EEG, Antiepileptic drug treatment