TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 10. Epilepsy
A1  - Greydanus, Donald E.
A1  - Dyke, David H. Van
A2  - Patel, Dilip R.
A2  - Greydanus, Donald E.
A2  - Baker, Robert J.
PY  - 2009
T2  - Pediatric Practice: Sports Medicine
AB  - A  seizure  is  a  discrete  event  with  various  manifestations  while  epilepsy  (seizure  disorder)  is  defined  as  a  condition  with  recurrent  seizures.1–4  The  well-known  Mayo  Clinic  study  looking  at  the  incidence  of  epilepsy  in  their  area  from  1935  to  1967  reported  an  incidence  of  newly  identified  epilepsy  as  36  to  48/100,000/y  in  the  10  to  19  year  age  cohort.5  Various  studies  note  that  epilepsy  affects  approximately  1%  to  2%  of  the  general  population  and  approximately  25%  of  those  with  epilepsy  are  younger  than  18  years.3,5–7  The  prevalence  is  3  to  5/1000  adolescents  while  research  notes  the  annual  incidence  of  a  seizure  disorder  is  24.7/100,000  10-  to  14-year-old  and  18.6/100,000  15-  to  19-year-old.  Thus,  there  are  many  children  and  youth  with  epilepsy  who  may  be  involved  in  sports.  
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Y2  - 2024/04/18
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