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Table 2 Clinical patterns of seizures among patients with drug-resistant epilepsy attending neurology clinic at MNH (N = 35)

From: Drug resistant epilepsy and associated factors among children with epilepsies in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Category

N

Frequency (%)

Epilepsy type

Generalized

21

60

Focal

11

31.4

Combined

3

8.6

Epilepsy syndromes*

Yes

8

22.9

 

No

27

77.1

Syndrome type

Doose Syndrome

1

2.9

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

5

14.2

West syndrome

2

5.7

  1. Epilepsy syndromes*- Diagnosis was made as per the 2017 ILAE definition of epilepsy syndromes