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
2004
Status epilepticus after the initial diagnosis of epilepsy in children
Berg A, Shinnar S, Testa F, Levy S, Frobish D, Smith S, Beckerman B. Status epilepticus after the initial diagnosis of epilepsy in children. Neurology 2004, 63: 1027-1034. PMID: 15452294, DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000138425.54223.dc.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStatus epilepticusInitial diagnosisSymptomatic etiologyProspective community-based cohort studyYounger ageCommunity-based cohort studyCox proportional hazards modelPrevious status epilepticusSubsequent status epilepticusKaplan-Meier analysisProportional hazards modelDiagnosis of epilepsyHistory of statusAbortive therapyCohort studyEpilepsy syndromesMedical recordsFirst episodeEpilepticusHigh riskHazards modelChi2 testEpilepsyDiagnosisEtiology
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