caa a22 4500 388073128 CHVBK 20180307125154.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199903 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0790966700004948 doi S0790966700004948 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0790966700004948 Characteristics of epilepsy in a population based cohort of adults with learning disability [Elektronische Daten] [Shoumitro Deb, Joseph Joyce] Objectives: The purpose of the study was to define various aspects of epilepsy in a population based sample of adults with a learning disability. Method: A purpose-designed questionnaire was used to collect information on various aspects of epilepsy on 143 adults with a learning disability and epilepsy. Names of these subjects were collected from a hospital for learning disabled adults, specialist epilepsy clinics and social services department. Data was gathered from case notes and direct patient examination. Results: Generalised tonic clonic seizure was the most common seizure type. Seventy-three per cent sustained a seizure within the previous 12 months of the study. Abnormal EEG findings including excessive slow background activities and epileptiform waves were documented in a high proportion of subjects with a learning disability and epilepsy. Conclusions: Both resistant epilepsy and generalised tonic clonic seizures seem to be more frequent among the learning disabled population compared with the general population. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Learning disability nationallicence Epilepsy nationallicence Mental retardation nationallicence Deb Shoumitro Division of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF4 4XN, Wales. aut Joyce Joseph Consultant Psychiatrist, Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland, NF6I 3BP, England Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/1(1999-03), 5-9 0790-9667 16:1<5 1999 16 IPM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700004948 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700004948 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Deb Shoumitro Division of Psychological Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF4 4XN, Wales aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Joyce Joseph Consultant Psychiatrist, Northgate Hospital, Morpeth, Northumberland, NF6I 3BP, England NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 16/1(1999-03), 5-9 0790-9667 16:1<5 1999 16 IPM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge