2005
Special education needs of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy.
Berg A, Smith S, Frobish D, Levy S, Testa F, Beckerman B, Shinnar S. Special education needs of children with newly diagnosed epilepsy. Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 2005, 47: 749-53. PMID: 16225738, DOI: 10.1017/s001216220500157x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOnset of seizuresFirst seizureMean ageIntact childrenProspective community-based studyRemote symptomatic etiologyOnset of epilepsyCommunity-based studyTime of interviewYears 10 monthsChildren's mean ageYears 11 monthsInitiation of servicesSymptomatic etiologyChildhood epilepsyEpileptic encephalopathyService useEpilepsyTiming of servicesSeizuresCognitive abnormalitiesFormer groupChildrenAgeEtiology
2001
Defining early seizure outcomes in pediatric epilepsy: the good, the bad and the in-between
Berg A, Shinnar S, Levy S, Testa F, Smith-Rapaport S, Beckerman B, Ebrahimi N. Defining early seizure outcomes in pediatric epilepsy: the good, the bad and the in-between. Epilepsy Research 2001, 43: 75-84. PMID: 11137389, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-1211(00)00184-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeizure outcomeThree-level outcomeProspective cohort studyCohort studyEarly remissionPrognostic factorsEarly outcomesPediatric epilepsyWorse outcomesSyndromic groupingIndeterminate groupRemissionTreatment issuesOutcomesChildrenEpilepsyEtiologyMore yearsAssociationAgeYearsIndeterminate outcomeSyndrome