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Epidemiological study of epilepsy from a tertiary care hospital in kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Rizwana Shahid, Saima Nazish, Azra Zafar, Danah Aljafaari, Majed Alabdali, Noman Ishaque, Bayan A. Alzahrani and Fahad A. Alkhamis
Neurosciences Journal July 2018, 23 (3) 223-226; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.3.20180062

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  • Table 1

    Showing the demographic characteristics of the patients. N=184

    Demographic characteristicsn(%)
    Nationality
     Saudi170(92)
     Non Saudi14(8)
    Gender
     Male91(49.5)
     Female93(50.5)
    Seizure semiology
     Generalized150(83)
     Focal onset26(14)
     Unknown onset8(4)
  • Table 2

    Showing different EEG patterns among 184 patients’ medical records with the diagnosis of epilepsy.

    EEG patternsFrequency(%)Valid Percent
    Normal42(22.8)24.7
    Abnormal128(69.2)75.3
    Focal onset epileptiform discharges27(14.7)21.1
    Generalized onset31(16.8)24.2
    Focal to bilateral discharges58(31.5)45.5
    Generalized slowing12(6.5)9.4
    Total128(69.6)100
    Missing/ not done14(7.6)30.4
    Total184(100.0)100
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