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Post-Stroke Epilepsy within a Teaching Hospital in Cotonou, Benin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Parakou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Parakou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
- 1 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
- 2 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
- 3 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Parakou, Bénin
- 4 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Parakou, Bénin
- 5 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
- 6 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
- 7 Department of Neurology, National University Hospital Centre, Cotonou, Bénin
Neuroscience and Medicine·Volume 08 (2017)·Pages 47–52·Published 4 December 2017·DOI10.4236/nm.2017.84007
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Abstract
Seizures occurring after stroke are risk factors for the onset of ensuing epilepsy. However, the incidence of vascular epilepsy is low. The purpose of this study was to study vascular epilepsy features in a teaching university. It was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study, conducted from 1 st January 2015 to 31 st December 2016 in Cotonou Teaching Hospital (CNHU-HKM), Benin. It involved 35 patients brought together through comprehensive sampling. Vascular epilepsy hospital attendance rate was 2%. There were simple partial seizures in 74.28% of cases while cerebral ischemia was recorded in 44.44% of patients. Neurological consultation after stroke occurrence was a protective factor against the occurrence of vascular epilepsy with significant p at 0.001.
KeywordsPost-Stroke EpilepsyVascular EpilepsyCotonouBenin
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