RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Clinical features of epilepsy at 2 referral hospitals in Northern Iran
JF Neurosciences Journal
JO Neurosciences (Riyadh)
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 243
OP 247
DO 10.17712/nsj.2015.3.20140491
VO 20
IS 3
A1 Mahdi Rezaeian Yazdi
A1 Morteza Mazloum Farsi Baf
A1 Atena Afsari
A1 Afrouz Alipour
A1 Mostafa Khorashadizadeh
A1 Peyman Khajeh Ghiassi
A1 Seyed Mehran Homam
YR 2015
UL http://nsj.org.sa/content/20/3/243.abstract
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.