Post-Stroke Epilepsy within a Teaching Hospital in Cotonou, Benin...

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dc.contributor.authorGNONLONFOUN, DIEU-DONNÉ
dc.contributor.authorADJIEN, KODJO CONSTANT
dc.contributor.authorAGBETOU, Mendinatou
dc.contributor.authorAdoukonou, Thierry
dc.contributor.authorMAPAGA,, JENNIFER
dc.contributor.authorGOUDJINOU, GERARD
dc.contributor.authorHOUINATO, Dismand
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.available2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractSeizures occurring after stroke are risk factors for the onset ofensuing epilepsy. However, the incidence of vascular epilepsy is low. The purpose of this study was to study vascular epilepsy features in a teaching university. It was a retrospective, descriptive and analytical study, conducted from 1" January 2015 to 31" December 2016 in Cotonou Teaching Hospital (CNHU-HKM), Benin. It involved 35 patients brought together through comprehensive sampling. Vascular epilepsy hospital attendance rate was 2%. There were simple partial seizures in 74.28% of cases while cerebral ischemia was recorded in 44.44% of patients. Neurological consultation after stroke occurrence was a protective factor against the occurrence of vascular epilepsy with significant p at 0.001. Keywords Post-Stroke Epilepsy, Vascular Epilepsy, Cotonou, Benin
dc.identifier.otherBECDB-7797
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/6995
dc.language.isofr
dc.relation.ispartofNeuroscience and Medicine
dc.subjectpost strock
dc.subjectepilepsy
dc.subjectvascular epilepsy
dc.subjectcotonou
dc.subjectBenin
dc.titlePost-Stroke Epilepsy within a Teaching Hospital in Cotonou, Benin...
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