Table 1.

Clinical data for the 8 patients with BECTS.

Patients	Age at diagnosis of BECTS (years)	Clinical features of seizures	Seizure-free*	Antiepileptic drugs	Standard EEG	Neuropsychological data
1	5	GTCs	YES	–	Left CTs	Attention deficit
2	5	GTCs	YES	VPS	Right CTs	Attention deficit, Language impairment
3	7	PS	YES	–	Right and left CTs	Normal
4	9	PS	NO	–	Right CTs	Normal
5	8	PS	YES	LVM-VPS	Left CTs	Normal
6	9	PS	YES	VP	Right CTs	Attention deficit
7	5	PS	NO	VPS-OXC	Right & left CTs	Attention deficit
8	6	PS	YES	VPS-OXC	Left CTs	Normal

GTCs, Generalized Tonic-Clonic seizures; PS, Partial Sensorimotor seizures; VPS, Sodium Valproate; LVM, Levetiracetam; OXC: Oxcarbamazepine; CTs, Centrotemporal spikes;

^*at the time of HD EEG.