Etiological analysis of 167 cases of drug-resistant epilepsy in children

To analyze the etiological distribution characteristics of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in children, with the aim of providing valuable perspectives to enhance clinical practice. In this retrospective study, clinical data were collected on 167 children with DRE who were hospitalized between January...

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Veröffentlicht in:Italian journal of pediatrics 2024-03, Vol.50 (1), p.50-50, Article 50
Hauptverfasser: Zuo, Ran-Ran, Jin, Mei, Sun, Su-Zhen
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Zusammenfassung:To analyze the etiological distribution characteristics of drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE) in children, with the aim of providing valuable perspectives to enhance clinical practice. In this retrospective study, clinical data were collected on 167 children with DRE who were hospitalized between January 2020 and December 2022, including gender, age of onset, seizure types, video electroencephalogram(VEEG) recordings, neuroimaging, and genetic testing results. Based on the etiology of epilepsy, the enrolled children were categorized into different groups. The rank-sum test was conducted to compare the age of onset for different etiologies. Of the 167 cases, 89 (53.3%) had a clear etiology. Among them, structural factors account for 23.4%, genetic factors for 19.2%, multiple factors for 7.2%, and immunological factors for 3.6%. The age of onset was significantly earlier in children with genetic causes than those with structural (P 
ISSN:1824-7288
1720-8424
1824-7288
DOI:10.1186/s13052-024-01619-8