TABLE 1:
Summary of the clinical data
| Characteristic |
Patients without Seizures (n = 13)* |
Patients with Seizures (n = 31) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location of Injury | FL (n = 11) | TL (n = 2) | Early PTE (n = 2) |
Delayed PTE (n = 29) |
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| FL (n = 2) | PL (n = 5) | FL (n = 19) | FTL (n = 1) | TL (n = 2) | OL (n = 2) | |||
| Type of seizure | ||||||||
| Simple partial | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Complex partial | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Tonic | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Generalized tonic clonic | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 |
| SPS-GTC | — | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — |
Note.—SPS-GTCS indicates simple partial seizure to generalized tonic clonic seizure; FTL, frontotemporal lobe; OL, occipital lobe; PL, parietal lobe; FL, frontal lobe; TL, temporal lobe.
*
These disease controls had no seizures at any time after head injury.