BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our aim was to describe the clinical and electrical features and the long-term evolution of @entity1625 of Gastaut (COE-G) in a cohort of @entity1 and to compare long-term prognosis between @entity1 with and without other @entity302 . METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of the long-term outcome of @entity302 in 129 @entity1 with COE-G who were referred to 23 Italian @entity302 centres and one in Austria between 1991 and 2004. @entity1 were evaluated clinically and with electroencephalograms for 10.1-23.0 years. The following clinical characteristics were evaluated: gender, @entity1 age at @entity410 onset, history of @entity410 and @entity2704 , family history of @entity302 , duration and @entity410 manifestations, circadian distribution and frequency of @entity410 , history of medications including the number of drugs, therapeutic response and final outcome. RESULTS: @entity1833 were the first symptom in 62% and the only manifestation in 38.8% of @entity1 . @entity1 were subdivided into two groups: group A with isolated COE-G; group B with other @entity302 associated with COE-G. The most significant (P < 0.05) difference concerned antiepileptic therapy: in group A, 45 @entity1 responded to monotherapy; in group B only 15 @entity1 responded to monotherapy. At the end of follow-up, the percentage of @entity410 -free @entity1 was significantly higher in group A than in group B. CONCLUSIONS: @entity1625 of Gastaut has an overall favourable prognosis and a good response to antiepileptic therapy with resolution of @entity410 and of electroencephalogram abnormalities. The association of typical COE-G symptoms with other types of @entity410 could be related to a poor @entity302 outcome.

Clinical dissection of XXXX of Gastaut and prognostic implication.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'seizures', 'febrile seizures'] @entity1625 :: ('MESH:D004828', 'Disease') :: ['childhood occipital epilepsy', 'Childhood occipital epilepsy'] @entity1833 :: ('MESH:D006212', 'Disease') :: ['Visual hallucinations'] @entity2704 :: ('MESH:D008881', 'Disease') :: ['migraine'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy', 'epileptic syndromes']
@entity1625 :: (MESH:D004828,Disease) :: ['childhood occipital epilepsy']
