Reflection of Clinical Practice and Research on Pediatric Epilepsy

Abstract

In 1968, I began clinical practice and research on epilepsy among children as part of pediatric neurology. My research primarily focused on neonatal seizures, as well as West syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and benign epilepsy of children with centrotemporal foci. Additionally, I studied the natural history of pediatric epilepsy, intractable epilepsy, the epidemiology of epileptic discharges in general population, behavioral disorders in children with epilepsy and compliance in epilepsy.

In 1995, I served as the president of the 19^th Annual Meeting of the Japan Epilepsy Society (Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, Japan). After retiring from the national hospital in 2000, I worked at a rehabilitation hospital for epilepsy associated with developmental disorders where I interpreted the electroencephalogram of older adults as well until 2020.

Most of these research were conducted as part of group projects for the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare or as symposium themes for the Japan Epilepsy Society.