[Focal characteristics in the clinical examination and EEG in children with idiopathic generalized epilepsy].

The aim of the study was to determine the prevalence of focal characteristics in the clinical symptoms of seizures and in EEG in children with different clinical variants of generalized idiopathic epilepsy. We studied 71 patients, 29 boys and 42 girls, aged from 2 to 18 years. Video-EEG-monitoring and MRI were performed in all cases. The results provided further evidence fort the continuum between focal and generalized epilepsy supported by the presence of focal characteristics in the semiology of seizures and in EEG as well.