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Article In Journal |
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EPILEPSYAMONG HEALTH INSURED WORKERS IN ALEXANDRIA: PART II: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR FACTORS AFRECTING PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPTIC CASES EPILEPSYAMONG HEALTH INSURED WORKERS IN ALEXANDRIA: PART II: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS FOR FACTORS AFRECTING PROGNOSIS OF EPILEPTIC CASES |
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English |
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Epilepsy may be idiopathic in nature, with unknown cause,
or it may be secondary or symptomatic (Plum and Ponser,1986).
The later may be due to local causes including head trauma,or
intracranial diseases as infections (meningitis and encephalitis),
parasites (cerebral cystocercosis or schistosomiasis),
brain tumors (primary or .etastatic), and cerebrovascular
diseases. Also, it may result from several general causes as
hypoglycaemia, uraemia, heart block, and ingestion or sudden
withdrawal of alcohol or drugs (Mawdsley and Simpson,l977;
Robb, 1981; Walton, 1982; Jawahar ,19B5; .Dichter,l987;
and Foster,1978). The frequency of seizures is an important
characteristic of the disease and it usually shows great variability
between cases. Cases with frequent seizures are
not considered only as severe ones, but also as being at a
higher degree of sodal disability (Goodglass et al.,l963;
Nussbaum and O'Connor, 1977; Janz, 1988; and Shorvon and
Farmer,l988). The prognosis of epilepsy is influenced by
many factors. Adult onset epilepsy, cases with positive family
history, high frequency of seizures, neurological manifestations,
and those with additional psychiatric or social
handicap are usually having less favorable prognosis. On the
other hand, cases with idiopathic seizures and those with
ganeralized onset seizures diagnosed before 10 days of age
have better prospects for remission (Annegers et al. ,1979;
and Reynolds, 1987).
The study was conducted with the aim of determinationof
the features of epileptic cases among health insured population
in Alexandria, as well as, detection of the factof in fluenecing the seizure free interval among these cases. |
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1110-0036 |
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The Bullettin of The high Institute of Public Health |
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21 |
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3 |
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1411 AH
1991 AD |
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Article |
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Monday, April 16, 2012 |
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Researchers
| منى حسن | HASSAN, MONA | Researcher | Doctorate | |
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