A HISTORY OF DYSLEXIA IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY - CLINICAL ASSOCIATIONS

Authors
SCHACHTER SC GALABURDA AM RANSIL BJ
Citation
Sc. Schachter et al., A HISTORY OF DYSLEXIA IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY - CLINICAL ASSOCIATIONS, Journal of epilepsy, 6(4), 1993, pp. 267-271
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of epilepsy → ACNP
ISSN journal
08966974
Volume
6
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
267 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-6974(1993)6:4<267:AHODIP>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A history of dyslexia was significantly more frequent among 200 adult patients with epilepsy than among 130 age-matched controls (9% vs. 2.3 %; odds ratio = 4.19; 95% CI = 1.21-15). Among the 200 patients with e pilepsy, left-handed women and men with onset of seizures by age 12 ha d the highest frequency of a history of dyslexia. Several possible exp lanations for an association between dyslexia and epilepsy are discuss ed.