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Table 3 Frequency of various epilepsy investigations

From: Evaluation of the direct costs of epilepsy in a sample of Egyptian patients following up in Ain Shams University Hospital

Investigations

Patients who did the investigation (n = 194)

Regular laboratory tests (complete blood picture, liver function tests)

132 (68%)

Antiseizure drug serum levels

44 (22.7%)

Regular EEG

131 (68.2%)

Video EEG

73 (37.6%)

Long term EEG

121 (62.4%)

Brain CT

145 (74.7%)

Brain MRI

137 (70.6%)

  1. EEG electroencephalogram, CT computer tomography scan, MRI magnetic resonance imaging