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Gnonlonfoun, D., Adjien, C., Ossou-Nguiet, P., Mapoure, Y., Houinato, D. and Avode, D. (2013) Frequency of Neurology Deseases in CNHU-HKM of 2Cotonou. Journal De La Societe De Biologie, 18, 43-48.

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• TITLE: Post-Stroke Epilepsy within a Teaching Hospital in Cotonou, Benin

  AUTHORS: Dieu Donné Gnonlonfoun, Constant Adjien, Mendinatou Agbetou, Thierry Adoukonou, Jennifer Mapaga, Gérard Goudjinou, Dismand Houinato

  KEYWORDS: Post-Stroke Epilepsy, Vascular Epilepsy, Cotonou, Benin

  JOURNAL NAME: Neuroscience and Medicine, Vol.8 No.4, December 4, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Seizures occurring after stroke are risk factors for the onset of ensuing 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 1st January 2015 to 31st 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.