%0 Journal Article %1 Steffenburg1995 %A Steffenburg, U. %A Hagberg, G. %A Viggedal, G. %A Kyllerman, M. %D 1995 %J Acta Paediatr %K Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Movement Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Prevalence; Sweden; Vision Disorders %N 10 %P 1147--1152 %T Active epilepsy in mentally retarded children. I. Prevalence and additional neuro-impairments. %V 84 %X A population-based study of active epilepsy was conducted in 6-13-year-old mentally retarded children born between 1975 and 1986. The population at risk comprised 48,873 children. Ninety-eight children were identified, 35 mildly and 63 severely retarded. The prevalence was 2.0 per 1000; 0.7 per 1000 for mildly and 1.3 per 1000 for severely retarded children. Sixty-nine children had at least one additional neuroimpairment. Cerebral palsy was found in 42 children with a majority of spastic/dystonic tetraplegias; visual impairment was present in 24 and autism in 24. Thirty-three children had only a mild or no gross motor disability and mild mental retardation, while 23 had IQs < 20 and a very severe gross motor disability. This study underlines the fact that active epilepsy in mentally retarded children is often associated with additional neuroimpairments, especially a combination of severe cerebral palsy and severe visual impairment.

@article{Steffenburg1995, abstract = {A population-based study of active epilepsy was conducted in 6-13-year-old mentally retarded children born between 1975 and 1986. The population at risk comprised 48,873 children. Ninety-eight children were identified, 35 mildly and 63 severely retarded. The prevalence was 2.0 per 1000; 0.7 per 1000 for mildly and 1.3 per 1000 for severely retarded children. Sixty-nine children had at least one additional neuroimpairment. Cerebral palsy was found in 42 children with a majority of spastic/dystonic tetraplegias; visual impairment was present in 24 and autism in 24. Thirty-three children had only a mild or no gross motor disability and mild mental retardation, while 23 had IQs < 20 and a very severe gross motor disability. This study underlines the fact that active epilepsy in mentally retarded children is often associated with additional neuroimpairments, especially a combination of severe cerebral palsy and severe visual impairment.}, added-at = {2014-07-19T21:23:38.000+0200}, author = {Steffenburg, U. and Hagberg, G. and Viggedal, G. and Kyllerman, M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/26e9e4f4f728f9c28621416b6b4e87615/ar0berts}, groups = {public}, interhash = {75767529abb5861c6fd9d5b31500913c}, intrahash = {6e9e4f4f728f9c28621416b6b4e87615}, journal = {Acta Paediatr}, keywords = {Adolescent; Cerebral Palsy; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Retardation; Movement Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Prevalence; Sweden; Vision Disorders}, month = Oct, number = 10, pages = {1147--1152}, pmid = {8563227}, timestamp = {2014-07-19T21:23:38.000+0200}, title = {Active epilepsy in mentally retarded children. I. Prevalence and additional neuro-impairments.}, username = {ar0berts}, volume = 84, year = 1995 }