Characterizing the etiology and natural history of neuro-developmental abnormalities in brain structure of children with new-onset epilepsy

The prevalence of epilepsy is the highest of all neurological disorders in the world, and there are an estimated sixty million peoples around the world diagnosed with epilepsy (WHO 2012). There are more than 40 types of epileptic syndromes that are defined by repeated epilepstiform discharges or seizures (England and others 2012). In this country epilepsy and seizures affect almost 3 million Americans of all ages, at an estimated annual cost of...