Abstract
It is difficult to give a contry report from Malaysia. A study done in 1999 reported
the incidence of West Syndrome to be 3% among newly diagnosed cases of epilepsy. In
this 3 year retrospective hospital-based study (1997–1999), the prevalence of early
epileptic encephalopathy (EEE) and West Syndrome were 4.1 and 2.5% respectively. There
is difficulty classifying EEE cases into distinct sub-rroups of EIEE (early infantile
epileptic encephlopathy), WS (West Syndrome) and SMEI (severe myoclonic epilepsy of
infancey), using a combination of clinical features, EEG and CT/MRI findings.
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References
- A study of newly diagnosed epilepsy in Malaysia.Singapore Med J. 1999; 40: 32-35
Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
August 23,
2001
Received in revised form:
July 27,
2001
Received:
June 26,
2001
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© 2001 Published by Elsevier Inc.
