Bangladesh JOURNAL of Child Health

Risk Factors Associated with Epilepsy among Children with Cerebral Palsy


Abstract Background: Cerebral Palsy(CP) is a major cause of childhood disability and is more prevalent in the more socioeconomically deprived populations of the world. Epilepsy is said to occur in 15-90% of children with CP and this causes additional economic and psychological stress on affected children and their family. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional case control study was conducted in paediatric neurology OPD of Dhaka Medical College Hospital & BSMMU from July 2008 to June 2009. Four hundred children with CP were included in this study & CP with epilepsy was taken as case and CP without epilepsy as control. Medical records of these patients were reviewed and analyzed

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