Epilepsy is among the most common serious neurological disorders. There are ma ny shortcomings in the understanding of the epidemiology of epilepsy mostly beca use of methodological problems (diagnostic accuracy, case...Epilepsy is among the most common serious neurological disorders. There are ma ny shortcomings in the understanding of the epidemiology of epilepsy mostly beca use of methodological problems (diagnostic accuracy, case ascertainment and sele ction bias). No specific study has been devoted to drug resistant partial epile psy. Data such as frequency and severity of seizures, duration of the disease, o r drug use are often lacking. The overall incidence of epilepsy is about 50 case s per 100,000 persons and the prevalence is about 5 per 1,000 persons in develop ed countries. It appears that 30 to 40 p. 100 of epileptic patients will not be completely free of seizure. Up to 70 p. 100 of them have a partial non idiopathi c epilepsy. Based on literature review, about 10 p. 100 of epileptic patients co uld meet the criteria of drug resistant epilepsy.展开更多
文摘Epilepsy is among the most common serious neurological disorders. There are ma ny shortcomings in the understanding of the epidemiology of epilepsy mostly beca use of methodological problems (diagnostic accuracy, case ascertainment and sele ction bias). No specific study has been devoted to drug resistant partial epile psy. Data such as frequency and severity of seizures, duration of the disease, o r drug use are often lacking. The overall incidence of epilepsy is about 50 case s per 100,000 persons and the prevalence is about 5 per 1,000 persons in develop ed countries. It appears that 30 to 40 p. 100 of epileptic patients will not be completely free of seizure. Up to 70 p. 100 of them have a partial non idiopathi c epilepsy. Based on literature review, about 10 p. 100 of epileptic patients co uld meet the criteria of drug resistant epilepsy.
