PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Yazdi, Mahdi Rezaeian
AU  - Baf, Morteza Mazloum Farsi
AU  - Afsari, Atena
AU  - Alipour, Afrouz
AU  - Khorashadizadeh, Mostafa
AU  - Ghiassi, Peyman Khajeh
AU  - Homam, Seyed Mehran
TI  - Clinical features of epilepsy at 2 referral hospitals in Northern Iran
AID  - 10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20140491
DP  - 2015 Jul 01
TA  - Neurosciences Journal
PG  - 243--247
VI  - 20
IP  - 3
4099  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/3/243.short
4100  - http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/3/243.full
SO  - Neurosciences (Riyadh)2015 Jul 01; 20
AB  - Objective: To investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of epilepsy in 2 referral hospitals in northern Iran.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we evaluated 300 patients with the confirmed diagnosis of epilepsy referred to the Neurology clinics of 22-Bahman, and 17-Shahrivar Hospitals, Mashad, Iran, from April 2011 to December 2012. We collected and analyzed demographic and disease information.Results: The mean age of patients was 31.5 ± 15.3 years. The diagnosis of disease had been made approximately 10 months after the onset of symptoms, and the treatment gap was 28%. The most widely used anticonvulsants were sodium valproate, carbamazepine, and phenobarbital. Generalized seizure was seen in 78%, partial seizure in 22%, and a combination of them in 11% of patients. Tonic-colonic seizure (72%) was the most common type of generalized epilepsy, and secondarily generalized seizure was the most frequent type of partial epilepsy.Conclusion: The epidemiological features of epilepsy in our region with regard to age and gender are the same as other parts of the world. The generalized type is the most common form of epilepsy, with tonic-colonic seizures being the most frequent type in our area.