Table 1.

Demographic data and baseline characteristics (n = 22).

	Cathodal tDCS	Sham
No. of subjects	15	7
Sex (males/females)	9/6	5/2
Age
Mean ± SD	6.67 ± 1.54	6.29 ± 1.98
Range (years)	4–9	3–9
Etiologies of epilepsies
Idiopathic	6	2
Infantile spasms	1	1
Neonatal hypoglycemia	4	3
Preterm with severe birth asphyxia	2	0
Preterm with history of intracerebral hemorrhage	2	1
Baseline seizure frequency per day (mean ± SD)	80.67 ± 54.43	93.43 ± 59.94
Baseline epileptic discharges per 30 min (mean ± SD)	640.13 ± 263.30	800.86 ± 374.62
Age at onset of seizures (years)	2.32 ± 2.39	1.58 ± 1.70
Number of antiepileptic drugs used
3	9	3
4	4	2
5	2	2