Risk of recurrence after discontinuation of antiepileptic drug therapy in children with epilepsy

Abstract

In our study, recurrence rate was 23.7% in children and most occurred during the 1(st) year. The potential risk factors of recurrence are history of febrile seizure, mental retardation, etiological of epilepsy, abnormal first EEG, abnormal neuroimaging findings, and total number of AED before remission. However, we found abnormal first EEG and polytherapy as risk factors of recurrence in multivariate analysis.