To assess the risk of illnesses and accidents in patients with eppilepsy and to evaluate the proportion of those risks attributable to epilepsy. Nine hundred fifty-one referrral patients with idiopathic, cryptogenic, or remote symptomatic epilepsy and 909 matched controls were followed up prospectively for 1-2 years in eight European countries. Patients have a moderately higher risk of illnesses and accidents than do the general population. With few exceptions, the event are trivial. When seizure-related events are excluded, patients with epilepsy are not at any significantly higher risk of ilnesses and accidents.
Morbidity and accidents in patients with epilepsy. Results of a European cohort study
SPECCHIO, LUIGI MARIA
2002-01-01
Abstract
To assess the risk of illnesses and accidents in patients with eppilepsy and to evaluate the proportion of those risks attributable to epilepsy. Nine hundred fifty-one referrral patients with idiopathic, cryptogenic, or remote symptomatic epilepsy and 909 matched controls were followed up prospectively for 1-2 years in eight European countries. Patients have a moderately higher risk of illnesses and accidents than do the general population. With few exceptions, the event are trivial. When seizure-related events are excluded, patients with epilepsy are not at any significantly higher risk of ilnesses and accidents.File in questo prodotto:
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