Behavioral problems in children with newly diagnosed idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy attending normal schools are in majority not persistent

KJ Oostrom, A Schouten, CLJJ Kruitwagen… - …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To investigate relevant adults' perceptions of behavioral problems in 66 children
with newly diagnosed “epilepsy only” and in 63 healthy gender‐matched classmates. Methods…

Not only a matter of epilepsy: early problems of cognition and behavior in children with “epilepsy only”—a prospective, longitudinal, controlled study starting at …

KJ Oostrom, A Smeets-Schouten, CLJJ Kruitwagen… - …, 2003 - publications.aap.org
Objective. To understand early educational and behavioral predicament in childhood “epilepsy
only.” Methods. A multicenter, prospective, longitudinal study was conducted of 51 …

Attention deficits are not characteristic of schoolchildren with newly diagnosed idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy

KJ Oostrom, A Schouten, C Kruitwagen, ACB Peters… - …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To compare problems of attention in schoolchildren with newly diagnosed
idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy with those in healthy classmates. Methods: A computerized …

Parents' perceptions of adversity introduced by upheaval and uncertainty at the onset of childhood epilepsy

KJ Oostrom, A Schouten, C Kruitwagen, ACB Peters… - …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: We report the parent's perceptions of and reactions to the onset of “epilepsy only”
and the implications for continuity of parenting. Methods: Content analysis was used to …

Randomised, placebo‐controlled study of vigabatrin as first‐line treatment of infantile spasms

RE Appleton, ACB Peters, JP Mumford, DE Shaw - Epilepsia, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Vigabatrin (VGB) has been shown to be an effective drug in the treatment of infantile
spasms (West syndrome) in predominantly retrospective and open but also in prospective …

Course and prognosis of childhood epilepsy: 5-year follow-up of the Dutch study of epilepsy in childhood

WFM Arts, OF Brouwer, ACB Peters, H Stroink… - Brain, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Knowing the prognosis of epilepsy will undoubtedly influence the treatment strategy. This
study aimed to define the prospects of newly diagnosed childhood epilepsy, assess the …

The first unprovoked, untreated seizure in childhood: a hospital based study of the accuracy of the diagnosis, rate of recurrence, and long term outcome after …

H Stroink, OF Brouwer, WF Arts, AT Geerts… - Journal of Neurology …, 1998 - jnnp.bmj.com
OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of the diagnosis of a first unprovoked seizure in childhood,
the recurrence rate within two years, the risk factors for recurrence, and the long term …

Prognosis of ischemic stroke in childhood: a long‐term follow‐up study

ELLM De Schryver, LJ Kappelle… - … Medicine & Child …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Little is known about long‐term physical sequelae, cognitive functioning, and quality of life
in children who have experienced ischemic stroke. Thirty‐seven patients under 16 years of …

The early prognosis of epilepsy in childhood: the prediction of a poor outcome. The Dutch study of epilepsy in childhood

WFM Arts, AT Geerts, OF Brouwer, ACB Peters… - …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To examine which variables available early in the course of childhood epilepsy
are associated with a poor short‐term outcome and to develop models to predict such an …

Three to four years after diagnosis: cognition and behaviour in children with 'epilepsy only'. A prospective, controlled study

KJ Oostrom, H Van Teeseling, A Smeets-Schouten… - Brain, 2005 - academic.oup.com
A 3.5-year follow-up study of cognition and behaviour in 42 children with newly diagnosed
idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy (‘epilepsy only’) attending mainstream education and 30 …