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Table 1 Classification of epilepsy among the study group (n = 202)

From: Classification and management of epilepsy and epileptic syndromes in a cohort of 202 school children- a 2 year follow up study- Sudan

Epilepsy classification

Number (%)

Generalized 35(17.3%)

Generalized Tonic – Clonic

15(07.4)

Myoclonic

11(05.4)

Tonic

07(03.5)

Atonic

02(01.0)

Focal 46(22.8%)

Simple Focal

05(02.5)

Complex focal

15(07.4)

Focal evolving into Generalized Seizure

26(12.9)

Epilepsy syndrome 104(51.5%)

Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes(ECTS)

25(12.4)

Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE)

23(11.4)

Juvenile Absence Epilepsy (JAS)

19(09.4)

Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME)

15(07.4)

Frontal lobe Epilepsy

07(03.5)

Late-onset childhood occipital epilepsy

07(03.4)

Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absence seizures

04(02.0)

Hemi- convulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy

03(01.5)

Eyelid Myoclonia with Absence Seizures

01(0.5)

Unclassified 17(8.4%)

17 (8.4%)

17(08.4)

Total

 

202(100%)