[The course and forms of epileptic attacks of the absence type in childhood]. / Przebieg i postacie napadów padaczkowych typu absence (nieswiadomosci) w wieku dzieciecym.

In the modern literature the fits of absence type are divided into two groups: absence only and absence with generalized tonic-clonic convulsions, without considering whether absence episodes preceded the tonic-clonic seizures, or whether in early childhood tonic-clonic seizures appeared as first and absence attacks supervened later. In the light of an analysis of own material the authors believe this it is necessary to isolate a group of children in whom the absence attacks were preceded in early childhood by generalized tonic-clonic seizures, sometimes regarded as febrile seizures. In these children absence attacks appeared additionally usually at the age of 5-7 years, were mostly atypical. With prolonged duration and with evident motor component, simple myoclonias or automatism. These attacks are difficult to control. It may be possible that this is a separate form of childhood epilepsy, both from the standpoint of nosology and genetics. The course of this form is different and the prognosis is worse.

Temperature relationships of proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1 in biological tissues.

Temperature relationships of the proton spin-lattice relaxation time T1 for animal and human tissues, both healthy and tumorous, are presented. An irreversible decrease in time T1 within the temperature range TT1max less than T less than TT1min, was found. The temperature relationships of T1 for healthy and tumorous tissues were of a similar nature. The relationships obtained are discussed on the basis of the FETS model.

[Various prognostic elements in childhood epilepsy in the light of selected materials of the Department of Developmental Neurology, Medical Academy in Gdansk]. / Niektóre elementy rokowania w padaczce dzieciecej na podstawie selekcjonowanego materialu Klinik Neurologii Rozwojowej w Gdansku.

The purpose of the work was establishing prognostic factors in childhood epilepsy with particular reference to older children after the age of puberty. Of the total number of 138 children in 84 the seizures didn't return during follow-up from 2 to 11 years or more. Good prognosis was associated with seizures (with the exception of temporal-lobe seizures, salaam seizures and seizures limited to one half of the body) of gestation-perinatal or traumatic aetiology appearing for the first time between the age of 3 and 10 years, occurring rarely and treated early and systematically, and also cases without abnormalities in neurological examination.

[Etiopathogenesis of salaam seizures]. / W sprawie etiopatogenezy napadów sklonów (drgawek zgieciowych)

The author reports an analysis of 83 cases of salaam seizures in children from the standpoint of their aetiopathogenesis. In accordance with Jeavons she separates a group with congenital nervous system damage and a group of children who developed initially normally but in whom an acquired factor, most often of allergic character, caused nervous system changes manifesting themselves with salaam seizures. The comparison of both groups demonstrated a number of significant differences. The author believes that it would be wrong to consider all children with salaam seizures as a homogenous group because the only common factor in them is the occurrence of seizures. The author regards that it is insufficient to explain the type of EEG changes and the type of seizures as determined by the degree of nervous system development. Additional factors must exist, and fetal injury is this factor in the group of congenital seizures while in the group of acquired seizures the allergic factor is probably responsible. The isolation of both groups is important mainly from the standpoint of prognosis and treatment since in the group with acquired disease an acute cerebral process is the cause, in contrast to the group congenital damage, and the process is amenable to successful treatment if this treatment is applied sufficiently early. In the congenital group the prognosis is usually unfavourable in view of the underlying cause which is congenital encephalopathy acquired in the first place in pregnancy.