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Behavioral Status of Children With Cryptogenic Localization-Related Epilepsy

Saskia G. M. van Mil, MA

Department of Research and Development, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands, saskiavanmil{at}gmail.com

Rianne P. Reijs, MD

Department of Research and Development, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands

Mariette H. J. A. van Hall, MD, PhD

Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands

Suzanne M. Snoeijen, MA

Department of Behavioral Science, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands

Albert P. Aldenkamp, MD, PhD

Department of Behavioral Science, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands, Epilepsy Centre Kempenhaeghe, and the Department of Neurology, Maastricht University Hospital The Netherlands

Using the Child Behavior Checklist, behavior of 51 children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy was studied. According to parent report, children with cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy scored in the clinical range on the subscales ``internalizing behavior,'' ``total behavior,'' and ``attentional problems.'' No relation between the epilepsy factors seizure frequency, age at onset, duration of epilepsy or the number of antiepileptic drugs, and the subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist was found. Only for seizure type a relationship was found. Although in the normal range, the more severe the seizure type, the more delinquent, aggressive, and externalizing behavioral problems. Other studies have demonstrated that in children with epilepsy, internalizing problems are more common than externalizing problems, and that attentional, social, and thought problems are relatively specific. Therefore, we can conclude that the behavioral problems we found in our cohort are not very different from behavioral problems described in other epilepsy types.

Key Words: cryptogenic localization-related epilepsy • behavior • behavioral problems • epilepsy

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 4, 449-453 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808325654
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