Table II.
Variables | LRE (n=35) | IGE (n=34) | Comparison group (n=62) |
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Age, mean(SD), y:mo | 10:9 (2:32) | 14:1 (3:5) | 13:0 (3:0) |
Seizure duration, mean (SD), mo | 7.7 (3.7) | 8.6 (3.6) | --- |
Age at onset mean(SD), y | 9:98 (2:3) | 13:3 (3:6) | --- |
Sex (male/female) | 21 /14 | 19 /15 | 28 /34 |
Antiepileptic drugs (polytherapy, monotherapy, none) frequency) | 0/23/12 | 3/31/0 |
The localization-related epilepsy (LRE) group comprised 16 children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes; 7 with temporal lobe epilepsy, and 12 children with focal epilepsy not otherwise specified); Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) group comprised 22 children with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, 11 with absence epilepsy and, 1 with IGE not otherwise specified.