Comorbidity of childhood epilepsy

Shu-Hao Wei; Wang-Tso Lee

doi:10.1016/j.jfma.2015.07.015

Comorbidity of childhood epilepsy

J Formos Med Assoc. 2015 Nov;114(11):1031-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.07.015. Epub 2015 Sep 1.

Authors

Shu-Hao Wei¹, Wang-Tso Lee²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
² Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. Electronic address: leeped@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26341150
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2015.07.015

Abstract

Epilepsy in children is occasionally associated with variable comorbidities although the frequency of such comorbidity is often difficult to determine. They can be divided into three categories: neurological, psychological, and physical comorbidities. The goal of the present review is to discuss the reported comorbidities of epilepsy in children. The possible mechanisms and associated risk factors-including the effect of seizure frequency and seizure control, types of epilepsy, age of seizure onset, duration of illness, and the possible detrimental effect of antiepileptic drugs-will be described.

Keywords: children; comorbidity; epilepsy.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Autism Spectrum Disorder / epidemiology*
Bone Diseases, Metabolic / epidemiology*
Child
Cognitive Dysfunction / epidemiology*
Comorbidity
Epilepsy / classification
Epilepsy / complications*
Humans
Risk Factors

Substances

Anticonvulsants