Table 5 Rate of different types of seizures among the studied epileptic groups
From: Prevalence of childhood and adolescence epilepsy in Upper Egypt (desert areas)
Types of seizures | Infancy N = 25 | Early childhood N = 119 | Late childhood N = 122 | Adolescence N = 84 | Total N = 350 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Generalized | 11 | 44 | 57 | 47.9 | 64 | 52.5 | 43 | 51.2 | 175 | 50 |
GTC | 8 | 32 | 37 | 31.1 | 44 | 36.1 | 27 | 32.1 | 116 | 33 |
Tonic | 2 | 8 | 16 | 13.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 10 | 11.9 | 33 | 9.4 |
Clonic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.1 |
Absence | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1.7 | 8 | 6.6 | 3 | 3.6 | 14 | 4 |
Atonic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.4 | 4 | 1.1 |
Myoclonus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.8 | 2 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 4 | 1.1 |
Partial | 13 | 52 | 51 | 42.9 | 54 | 44.3 | 39 | 46.4 | 157 | 44.9 |
Simple partial | 3 | 12 | 2 | 1.7 | 7 | 5.7 | 7 | 8.3 | 19 | 5.4 |
Complex partial | 4 | 16 | 29 | 24.4 | 19 | 15.6 | 17 | 20.2 | 69 | 19.7 |
Partial with secondary generalization | 6 | 24 | 20 | 16.8 | 28 | 23 | 15 | 17.9 | 69 | 19.7 |
Mixed seizures | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9.2 | 4 | 3.3 | 2 | 2.3 | 18 | 5.1 |