Impact of Seizure Recurrence on 1-Year Functional Outcome and Mortality in Patients With Poststroke Epilepsy.
Hajime YoshimuraTomotaka TanakaKazuki FukumaSoichiro MatsubaraRie MotoyamaMasahiro MizobuchiTakayuki MatsukiYasuhiro ManabeJunichiro SuzukiKatsuya KobayashiAkihiro ShimotakeKunihiro NishimuraDaisuke OnozukaMichi KawamotoMasatoshi KogaKazunori ToyodaShigeo MurayamaRiki MatsumotoRyosuke TakahashiAkio IkedaMasafumi Iharanull nullPublished in: Neurology (2022)
One-year functional outcome and mortality of patients with PSE were poor. Seizure recurrence was significantly associated with functional outcome, but not with mortality. Further studies are needed to ascertain whether early and adequate antiseizure treatment can prevent the functional deterioration of patients with PSE.