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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Sep 5;29(2):289–294. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.08.010

Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

CHILDREN (Seizures; N=12) ADULTS (Seizures; N=49)

Mean Age with Std Deviation at assessment 11.1 ± 3.4 years 35.1 ± 12.2
Etiology:
 Unknown/Cryptogenic 6 (50%) 30 (62%)
 Remote Stroke 1 (8.33%) 1 (2%)
Meningoencephalitis 1 (8.33%) 2 (4%)
 Cortical Dysplasia 1 (8.33%) 0
 Posterior leukomalacia 1 (8.33%) 0
 Gliosis caused by previous abscess 1 (8.33%) 3 (6%)
 Mesial temporal sclerosis 0 7 (14%)
Encephalomalacia (unexplained) 0 2 (4%)
 Post Traumatic brain injury 0 1 (2%)
Low grade glioma 0 1 (2%)
Cavernoma 0 1 (2%)
Genetic generalized 1 (8.33%) 1 (2%)
Epilepsy Syndrome
 Left temporal lobe 1 (8.33%) 16 (32%)
 Right temporal lobe 1 (8.33%) 4 (8%)
 Bitemporal lobe 0 11 (23%)
 Left frontal lobe 1 (8.33%) 6 (13%)
 Right frontal lobe 0 4 (8%)
 Left parietal 1 (8.33%) 0
 Right occipital 0 2 (4%)
 Right hemisphere 0 1 (2%)
 Genetic generalized 6 (50%) 4 (8%)
 Multi-focal 1 (8.33%) 1 (2%)
 Left insular 1 (8.33%) 0
Number of Antiepileptic Medications at the time of seizure(23 child and 82 adult seizures):
 One or none 4 (18%) 18 (22%)
 Two 12 (52%) 44 (54%)
 Three 6 (26%) 17 (21%)
 Four 1 (4%) 3 (3%)