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. 2010 Sep;10(3):218–225.

Table 3.

Associated clinical findings or past history in 440 Ugandan children with epilepsy

Clinical Observations
Cerebral palsy Hypertonic hemi-or quadriplegia 25
Signs indicative of evolving CP 7
Athetotic CP 3
Other neurological problems
Global developmental delay 9
Motor developmental delay 15
Perceived learning difficulty 64
Deafness 7
Gross visual impairment 3
Past History available on 74 children
Positive neonatal history Prolonged labour 10
Small size at birth 11
Symptoms suggestive of hypoxic
ischaemic brain damage
10
Miscellaneous neonatal problems 7
Neonatal jaundice? kernicterus 3
Description of severe illness at time of first seizure
Coma accompanying measles,
malaria or meningitis
11
Pneumonia or other severe febrile
illness
15
Oedematous malnutrition 2
Possible adverse reaction to
immunization
1