Ross E M, Peckham C S, West P B, Butler N R
Br Med J. 1980 Jan 26;280(6209):207-10. doi: 10.1136/bmj.280.6209.207.
By the age of 11 years 1043 children (6.7%) in an unselected national sample had a history of seizures or other episodes of loss of consciousness; 322 (20.8/1000) had a history of febrile convulsions without other epileptic problems. A clear-cut diagnosis of non-febrile epilepsy was established in 64 children (4.1/1000) by the age of 11 on the basis of confirmatory information supplied by family doctors and paediatricians. A further 39 (2.6/1000) were reported as having epilepsy but did not fulfil the study criteria. The progress of 59 of the 64 children with estabished epilepsy was reviewed again when they were aged 16. Of the 37 educated in normal schools eight (22%) had one or more seizures in their 16th year compared with 13 out of 22 (59%) who received special education. A possible cause for epilepsy was found in 17 of the 64 (27%) children, but for the majority there was no obvious reason.
在一个未经挑选的全国性样本中，到11岁时，1043名儿童（6.7%）有癫痫发作史或其他意识丧失发作史；322名儿童（每1000人中有20.8人）有热性惊厥史且无其他癫痫问题。根据家庭医生和儿科医生提供的确证信息，到11岁时，64名儿童（每1000人中有4.1人）被明确诊断为非热性癫痫。另有39名儿童（每1000人中有2.6人）被报告患有癫痫，但不符合研究标准。64名确诊癫痫的儿童中有59名在16岁时再次接受了病情复查。在37名在普通学校就读的儿童中，8名（22%）在16岁时有一次或多次癫痫发作，而在22名接受特殊教育的儿童中，有13名（59%）在16岁时有癫痫发作。在64名儿童中有17名（27%）找到了癫痫的可能病因，但大多数儿童没有明显原因。
