PURPOSE To test the new ILAE definition of drug-resistant epilepsy in a cohort study. METHODS All children younger than 14 with two or more unprovoked seizures observed at our hospital between 1994 and 2008 were included. RESULTS Five hundred and eight patients were followed for an average of 90 months (range 24-168). The probabilities of achieving seizure freedom, according to the ILAE cri...

When counseling first-degree relatives of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE), it is important to know whether factors other than thrombophilia influence their risk for thrombosis. We assessed the risk for VTE in 915 first-degree relatives of patients with provoked VTE, compared this with the risk in 1752 first-degree relatives of patients with unprovoked VTE, and then combined data from...

how to cite this article: delpisheh a, veisani y, sayehmiri k, fayyazi a. febrile seizures: etiology, prevalence, and geographical variation. iran j child neurol. 2014 summer; 8(3):30-37.   abstract objective febrile seizures (fss) are the most common neurological disorder observed in the pediatric age group. the present study provides information about epidemiological and clinical characterist...

RESULTS A total of 998 vEEGs were undertaken during the study period. Of these, 128 were following a fi rst afebrile seizure: 119/128 were referred by general paediatricians and the remaining 9 by paediatric neurologists. The mean age group was 6.5 years (range 1 month to 17 years). Thirty-four of 128 children had an underlying neurodevelopmental problem. In 11 children, there was a family hist...