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Abstract pilepsy is a common neurological disorder
Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder found in found in males and females in all races
all races and age groups. Epilepsy becomes a serious problem when and age groups. Epilepsy becomes a serious
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problem when it occurs during the critical
that onset, frequency, and duration of seizures are associated
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determine prognostic and holistic management. figures are not available, it is predicted that the
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Methods This cross sectional study was carried out at the
Department of Child Health, Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung,
In the Neuropediatric Outpatient Clinic of Hasan
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acid. Statistic analysis was done using logistic regression analysis, WR QHZ FDVHV LQ Epilepsy
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is a chronic neurological disease characterized
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of onset, and seizure type on school achievement. In 1999, SPSS mc, Chicago-Illinois, USA.
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of epileptic children had mental retardation. In
epileptic patients, intelligence is influenced by factors Results
such as brain damage, onset, duration and frequency of
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Intelligent assessment of epileptic patients female subjects. The mean age of the subjects was
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management. Intelligence of school-age children is shown in Table 1.
assessed using the Wechsler Intellegence Scale for ,4 OHYHOV DFFRUGLQJ WR RQVHW RI VHL]XUH ZHUH
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groups. We identified subjects in both groups with an
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analysed this data using univariate analysis. The data
Epileptic children at the Neuropediatric Outpatient are shown in Table 2.
Clinic of Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, /RZ ,4 OHYHO ZDV IRXQG LQ VLJQLILFDQWO\ PRUH
Indonesia, whose parents had given their consent, FKLOGUHQ ZLWK RQVHW RI VHL]XUH DW PRQWKV ROG
were enrolled in this study. Diagnosis of epilepsy WKDQLQWKRVHZLWKRQVHWRIVHL]XUH18 months
was made based on International League against
Epilepsy (ILAE) classification. The inclusion
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being treated with valproic acid. The exclusion Number
criteria were children with congenital anomaly of Subject
characteristics Low IQ Level Normal/High IQ Level
the central nervous system, children with brain (Score <90)
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dysfunction (infection, cerebral palsy, malignancy Age (years)
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of the central nervous system), and children with
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visual/hearing impairment. Children who fulfilled Sex
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