@article{Zafeiriou1999b,
  abstract = {The aims of the study were to describe the prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in a population of patients with cerebral palsy in a university referral center and to determine the rate of relapse caused by discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs after a 3-year seizure-free period. A total of 178 consecutive patients with cerebral palsy and epilepsy were prospectively followed for 9.2 +/- 2.4 years after onset of seizures and compared to a control group of 150 epileptic patients without cerebral palsy (median follow-up period, 10.5 years). The overall prevalence of epilepsy was 36.1\%. Patients with atonic-diplegic, dystonic, tetraplegic, and hemiplegic cerebral palsy had a higher incidence of epilepsy (87.5\%, 87.1\%, 56.5\%, and 42\%, respectively). In all, 134 (75.3\%) patients were seizure free for more than 3 years and could discontinue therapy, whereas 44 patients (24.7\%) were still on antiepileptic drugs. Eighteen of 134 patients relapsed after a 3-year seizure-free period and subsequent discontinuation of antiepileptic drugs, thus giving a relapse rate of 13.4\%. First seizures occurred during the first year of life in 69.7\% of the patients with epilepsy and cerebral palsy. Complete control of seizures could be achieved in 65.2\% of the patients with cerebral palsy and epilepsy; however, regardless of the prognosis of seizures, epilepsy was a major prognostic factor regarding both the presence of mental retardation and the motor development of children with cerebral palsy.},
  added-at = {2014-07-20T09:30:46.000+0200},
  author = {Zafeiriou, D. I. and Kontopoulos, E. E. and Tsikoulas, I.},
  biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2eb376ac46df9f347f54cd398fddff453/ar0berts},
  groups = {public},
  interhash = {097e15c7cd75b79cee39be263cc23490},
  intrahash = {eb376ac46df9f347f54cd398fddff453},
  journal = {J Child Neurol},
  keywords = {Cerebral Palsy; Child; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Mental Retardation; Prevalence; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Recurrence; Severity of Illness Index; Tomography, X-Ray Computed},
  month = May,
  number = 5,
  pages = {289--294},
  pmid = {10342595},
  timestamp = {2014-07-20T09:30:46.000+0200},
  title = {Characteristics and prognosis of epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy.},
  username = {ar0berts},
  volume = 14,
  year = 1999
}