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Neurology

G106 A REVIEW OF ANTIEPILEPTIC THERAPY AND SEIZURE CONTROL IN A SPECIALISED CENTRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WITH EPILEPSY (NCYPE)
P. Robertson¹, P. Nicolaides², S. Aylett², R. Scott³, K. B. Das¹.¹NCYPE, Lingfield, UK; ²Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK; ³Institute of Child Health, London, UK

Objective: The NCYPE is a national residential centre for students with complex epilepsy. The aim of the study was to compare the treatment with specific reference to usage of anticonvulsant drugs at admission and at discharge, and attempt to classify their epilepsy.

Methods: A retrospective review of case notes, seizure diaries, EEG, and neuroimaging of the student graduates in July 2004 was undertaken comparing the initial and final 12 months of their placement at NCYPE. Classification of their epilepsy was attempted based on the terminology proposed by the ILAE (2001).

Results: 38 of the 47 graduates (age 16.9 to 24.1 years; 24 males, 14 females) had a diagnosis of epilepsy; 24 (63.2%) with symptomatic/probably symptomatic focal epilepsy, . . . [Full text of this article]