Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the recruited patients
Patients (n = 118) | |
|---|---|
Age at onset [mean ± SD] | 14.2 ± 11.4 |
Duration of illness [mean ± SD] | 14.1 ± 8.9 |
Frequency of seizures/month [mean ± SD] | 8.7 ± 14.2 |
History of status epilepticus [n (%)] | 46 (39%) |
Neurological deficit [n (%)] | 17 (14.4%) 1 |
Number of ASMs [mean ± SD] | 2.7 ± 1 |
Clinical seizure semiology | ||
|---|---|---|
State of awareness | Focal aware [n (%)] | 18 (15.3%) |
FWIA [n (%)] | 100 (84.4%) | |
Seizure onset | Motor [n (%)] | 77 (65.3%) |
Non-motor [n (%)] | 41 (34.7%) | |
Focal to bilateral tonic clonic (TC) [n (%)] | 94 (79.7%) | |