| Autor: |
Alaaeldin Sedky, Hazem K. Ibrahim, Mohamed Nasrelden Thabet, Mohamed Abdelmonem Sayed, Mostafa Abdelmomen |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Sohag Medical Journal. 23:179-184 |
| ISSN: |
1687-8353 |
| DOI: |
10.21608/smj.2019.47680 |
| Popis: |
Background: Epilepsy and headache are the two most common neurologic disorders affecting individuals of all ages worldwide. The relation between headache and epilepsy is complicated, and the comorbidity of headache and epilepsy is still poorly understood. Aim of the work: Study of headache characteristics in controlled and uncontrolled epileptic patients. Methods: We evaluated headaches in 100 consecutive patients with epilepsy attending the outpatient clinic and epilepsy clinic at Sohag university hospital and performed interictal EEG to all patients. Results: In our study we found that the occurrence of headaches being linked to longer duration of epilepsy, high frequency of seizures and use of polytherapy of antiepileptics. Conclusion: Control of seizures in epileptic patients help in controlling headaches and decrease its frequency. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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