Volume : X, Issue : V, May - 2020

EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY

Dr Lourdes Pravina L N Vasagam, Dr P K Murugan, Dr M Mannivannan, Dr C Justin

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Background:Idiopathic epilepsy is defined as disorder in which there is no underlying cause or structural pathology other than a possible hereditary predisposition for generating seizures which can be generalised or focal in nature. Several epilepsy variables including ,age at seizure onset,seizure type ,seizure severity ,disease duration and antiepileptic drug therapy seem to have an impact on cognition,behavior and academic skills.2 Objectives: To study the occurrence of Executive Dysfunction in patients with idiopathic epilepsy.To study the association of antiepileptic drug therapy (monotherapy vs polytherapy) with executive dysfunction in patients with idiopathic epilepsy.Methods: The study is a Observational Cross sectional study. All patients with idiopathic epilepsy were evaluated by taking a detailed history and conducting a clinical examination,neuroimaging and interictal EEG recording .Details of the history ,examination and the investigations were recorded on a pre–designed proforma All patients will be subjected to Detailed history in relation to the duration of epilepsy,age at seizure onset,seizure type,frequency and control.Frontal assessment battery was used to assess executive dysfunction in the patients.The correlation of executive dysfunction with antiepileptic drug therapy (monotherapy vs polytherapy) was assessed using Chi square test. The level of significance was set at p value < 0.05

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EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC EPILEPSY, Dr Lourdes Pravina L N Vasagam, Dr P K Murugan, Dr M Mannivannan, Dr C Justin INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-5 | May-2020

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