2001
Two‐Year Remission and Subsequent Relapse in Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy
Berg A, Shinnar S, Levy S, Testa F, Smith‐Rapaport S, Beckerman B, Ebrahimi N. Two‐Year Remission and Subsequent Relapse in Children with Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy. Epilepsia 2001, 42: 1553-1562. PMID: 11879366, DOI: 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.21101.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpilepsy syndromesSymptomatic etiologySeizure frequencyMultivariable analysisInitial EEGFamily historyCox proportional hazards modelInitial seizure frequencyRemote symptomatic etiologyTwo-year remissionRecurrence of seizuresPredictors of remissionIdiopathic generalized epilepsyYounger onset ageProportional hazards modelJuvenile myoclonic epilepsyBenign rolandic epilepsySeizure outcomeRemission rateSeizure controlSeizure typesFocal slowingGeneralized epilepsySubsequent relapseEEG slowing
2000
Neuroimaging in Children With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy: A Community-Based Study
Berg A, Testa F, Levy S, Shinnar S. Neuroimaging in Children With Newly Diagnosed Epilepsy: A Community-Based Study. Pediatrics 2000, 106: 527-532. PMID: 10969098, DOI: 10.1542/peds.106.3.527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal EEG abnormalitiesPartial seizuresEpilepsy syndromesEEG abnormalitiesLocalization-related epilepsy syndromesEvaluation of seizuresIdiopathic generalized epilepsyCommunity-based studyForms of epilepsyEvaluation of childrenHalf of childrenMagnetic resonance imagingNeurologic deficitsElectroencephalographic findingsInitial diagnosisCerebral malformationsGeneralized epilepsyCavernous angiomaPediatric epilepsyTomography scanArteriovenous malformationsTuberous sclerosisRelevant abnormalitiesInternational LeagueEpilepsy