Fifty years' follow-up of childhood epilepsy: Medical outcome, morbidity, and medication.

This 50-year, long-term follow-up of a cohort of persons with childhood epilepsy in general demonstrates a better outcome for seizure freedom compared to our follow-up after 12 years and to previous reports. We also report a low incidence of seizure relapses. Remission of seizures does not automatically lead to termination of medication. The mortality rate associated with SUDEP was lower than previously reported.