Citation

Tran L, Goyal M. Epilepsy Behav. 2010; 17(2): 296-297.

Affiliation

Division of Pediatric Neurology, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.12.021

PMID

20096639

Abstract

Despite being underreported and underrecognized, child maltreatment is one of the most common causes of childhood morbidity and mortality. The epilepsy monitoring unit is especially amenable for identification of those at risk because it involves direct observation of behavior for days at a time. Although nonepileptic events may suggest psychosocial etiologies, we describe a case where the diagnosis of child maltreatment was made when no habitual events were recorded in the epilepsy monitoring unit.

Language: en