P113: Correlation of neuropsychological and electrophysiological findings in patients with epilepsy

Main parameters evaluated in the study were age at onset of epilepsy, seizure characteristics as type, frequency, duration, relation with sleepwake cycle, patient and family history for paroxysmal disorders and clinical course of the seizures. Distribution of interictal spike-wave in the EEGs were analyzed and their localizations were questioned in relation to age of the patient at the time of recording. Number of patients with typical BRE was 17, PS 9, Childhood Epilepsy with Occipital Paroxsyms (Gastaut-type) 8 and ABPE 1. Remaining patients exhibited either characteristics common for more than one syndrome, or, some features within the borderlines of IPEs. Ratio of patients with idiopathic epilepsy in at least one family member was % 38 and with parental consanguinity was % 8 Spike distribution in the EEGs was not only related to the syndromic characteristics of the patients but also to the age at the EEG recording. Results are discussed in view of the related literature.