الفهرس 
EpilepsyOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
The present study was aimed to evaluate some problems in
children with epilepsy and offer different possible lines of intervention
with especial stress on; incidence and prevalence of different types of
epilepsy in our patients ,some etiological factors in epilepsy , efficacy
of current drug therapy as determined by the change of seizure
severity, determination of the cause of drug resistance amongst our
patients and adverse effects of drugs on different systems of the body
and psychomotor development.
It was conducted on 100 epileptic patients who were treated
with antiepileptic drugs either one or more drugs. They were 58 males
and 42 females with a male to female ratio of 1.38: 1, their ages
ranged from 2 months to 168 months. They are divided into 2
groups,group1 (Idiopathic group)and group 2 (secondary
group).According to their response to therapy they further divided into
2 groups ,groupA (Refractory group)and group B(Non refractory
group)
They were subjected to detailed history taking, thorough
clinical examination including fundus examination and I.Q.
assessment.
Some laboratory investigations were done including CBC,
SGOT, SGPT, Serum calcium, random blood sugar and metabolic
screening when indicated .Other investigations were done including
audiometry, Conventional EEG, brain CT scan, MRI neuroimaging
and serum level of antiepileptic drugs when indicated .