THE PREVALENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AMONG CHILDREN IN GEMLIK (TURKEY)

With a descriptive survey, the authors tried to ascertain the prevalen ce of certain neurological disorders among children aged up to five ye ars. Questionnaires were administered to mothers and their children we re divided into two groups (559 children): neurologically healthy and suspect. Suspect children were examined by a paediatrician, who assign ed a diagnosis where appropriate (361 children). A control group was s elected from the healthy children (420 children), and they were neurol ogically examined with the suspect children. Cases and controls were c ompared for family history, and pregnancy and delivery risks. The most frequent condition found was febrile convulsions (0.45 per cent), fol lowed by epilepsy (0.9 per cent) and cerebral palsy (0.5 per cent).