The present study summarises relevant articles on the epidemiology of childhood epilepsy
in the local scene published over the past twenty years. We performed a search of the …

The Hong Kong Children's Seizure and Epilepsy Registry was set up for all children with a
history of seizures or epilepsy followed up in the Epilepsy Clinic of the University of Hong …

The present study describes the characteristics of epilepsy in a cohort of Chinese epileptic
children. All children with active epilepsy who were under 15 years of age and residing in …

Epidemiological surveys on epilepsy have been carried out repeatedly in Japan. However,
at present, a population-based survey according to the International Classification for …

Introduction Epilepsy is a common childhood neurological condition and a major public
health concern worldwide. A higher incidence of epilepsy is reported in low-and middle …

Objectives. To examine epidemiological data on epilepsy for the Hong Kong west region.
Design. Descriptive study. Setting. Epilepsy clinic, university teaching hospital, Hong Kong …

Seizure occurs in as many as 5% of children and epilepsy (recurrent, unprovoked seizures)
occurs in 0.5-1% of children. More than three-quarters of individuals with epilepsy have their …

Methods: Information on patients younger than 13 years with active epilepsy was collected
from medical records. Patients diagnosed with epilepsy according to clinical and EEG …

This retrospective cohort study aims to assess the distribution of seizure types and epileptic
syndromes in children with epilepsy who were followed up in a tertiary outpatient pediatric …

Results: 2,952 patients were included: QEH 774, UCH 666, QMH 548, PWH 492, KWH 182,
PYNEH 177, RH 58, PMH 55. 54.3% were males and median age was 35.8 years old …