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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Neurol. 2015 Sep 25;54:29–34. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2015.09.013

Table 2. Clinical seizure semiology and EEG Characteristics.

Seizure characteristics in 19 subjects who have had a clinical seizure since enrollment, by group:

Seizure Type Epileptiform
Discharges (n=14)
Normal EEG
(n=5)
Focal seizures (FS) 3 2
Epileptic Spasms (ES) 8 2
Focal seizures + Epileptic Spasms 3 0
Generalized seizures (GS) 0 1
EEG characteristics 19 subjects who have had a clinical seizure since enrollment:
14/19 (73.6%) had epileptiform activity detected on EEG before the onset of clinical seizures
Average Median
Age at time of 1st epileptiform discharges 4.2 (sd=2.1months) 4.0 months
Age at time of 1st clinical seizure 6.7 (sd= 4.1 months) 6.0 months
Time Interval between epileptiform discharges and Seizure 2.8 (sd=3.4 months) 1.9 months
5/19 (26.3%) had no epileptiform activity detected on EEG before the onset of clinical seizures
Subject ID Last Normal EEG Clinical Seizure Onset
10 4 months 6 months
11 4 months 5.5 months
12 1.5 months 2 months
13 9 months 11 months
14 1.5 months 3.5 months