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ArticleJournal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences2018

Magnetic resonance imaging and electroencephalography findings in a sample of Iranian patients with epilepsy.

Mohammad Reza Najafi, Masoumeh Malekian, Mojtaba Akbari, Mohammad Amin Najafi

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Article in Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mohammad Reza NajafiDepartment of Neurology, Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Masoumeh MalekianDepartment of Neurology, Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Mojtaba AkbariDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Health, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Mohammad Amin NajafiIsfahan Neurosciences Research Centre, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRShiraz University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundThe present study is aimed to evaluate the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) findings based on characteristics variables in patients with epilepsy. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this cross-sectional study, all patients with epilepsy who referred between March 2016 and March 2017 to Al-Zahra and Kashani Hospitals in Isfahan, Iran, were enrolled. The completed files of 199 patients were assessed to collect information about characteristic data and MRI and EEG findings. MRI and EEG findings were recorded as normal or abnormal. The characteristic data and risk factors in patients with normal MRI and EEG were compared with those patients with abnormal MRI and EEG.

resultsHistory of seizures and trauma are reported in 84 (42.2%) and 47 (23.6%) of patients, respectively. The most frequent type of seizures was generalized. MRI finding in 51 patients (25.6%) was abnormal, and EEG finding in 124 patients (62.3%) was abnormal. Patients with abnormal MRI were significantly older than those with normal MRI (37.3 vs. 31.4, respectively,

conclusionIn patients with epilepsy, older age and being a male were the risk factors of having abnormal MRI, and seizure was the risk factor of having abnormal EEG.

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Electroencephalographyepilepsymagnetic resonance imagingseizures

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