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To study the occurrence, associated factors, nature and prognosis of seizures in children with cerebral palsy (CP).

A prospective, descriptive, hospital-based, case-control study.

Tertiary level University Teaching Hospitals in the Al Ain Medical District, United Arab Emirates.

Fifty-six children with CP and seizures seen in the neurodevelopmental clinics at Al Ain and Tawam University Hospitals during the period of 1997–1999 were studied (group 1). Two control groups of 35 children with CP without seizures (group 2) and 50 children with seizures but no CP (group 3) were also studied.

Spastic tetraplegia was the commonest type of CP associated with seizures whereas spastic diplegia was the commonest variety of CP in group 2. Most children with CP had an early onset of seizures within the first year of life as against those without CP. The children in group 1 had a higher …