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Table 1 Demographics and clinical features of patients with benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS)

From: Changes in background electroencephalographic activity in benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes after oxcarbazepine treatment: a standardized low-resolution brain electromagnetic tomography (sLORETA) study

 

N = 18

Gender (male/female)

11(61.1%) / 7(38.9%)

Handedness (right/left)

17(94.4%) / 1(5.6%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

6.9 ± 1.8 (mean ± SD)

Seizure duration at diagnosis (months)

2.8 ± 3.3 (mean ± SD)

Previous seizure frequency

2.1 ± 1.6 (mean ± SD)

Seizure free with AED

13 (72.2%)

Atypical features

4 (22.2%): ADHD 1, language delay 1, frequent seizures after AED 2, respectively

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. AED antiepileptic drug
  3. ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder