Multifactorial etiological aspects of epilepsy
Fiaschi, A.; Coccia, G.; Rozza, L.; Benedetti, M.D.; Bongiovanni, L.G.; Tacconi, A.
Functional Neurology 1(4): 391-397
1986
ISSN/ISBN: 0393-5264 PMID: 3609870 Document Number: 273368
The results of a computerized analysis of 555 newly recognized idiopathic epilepsy patients (301 males and 254 females) are presented. All patients were under 30 years over the period 1980-1985. The possible prenatal and perinatal risk factors (RFs) for epilepsy were investigated. The data showed that 307 patients (55.5%) had possible RFs; 162 had one possible RF, 145 two or more. The association of two or more RFs had a high frequency in secondary generalized epilepsy (66.6%) and in partial epilepsy. A multifactorial etiology of epilepsy is suggested, hypothesizing a connection either between prenatal and perinatal RFs or between multiple perinatal RFs.