儿童难治性癫痫包括一组少见疾病和综合征。许多难治性癫痫患儿伴有不明显脑异常,此类患儿不论他们是否有痫性发作将不可避免地导致智力低下;然而有些病人,智力低下是由痫性发作本身引起。这类病人若控制痫性发作智力发育可正常。因此,应尽各种努力使难治性癫痫的儿童痫性发作得以控制。 Children with refractory epilepsy include a rare group of diseases and syndromes. Many children with refractory epilepsy have an insignificant brain abnormality. Children with or without these seizures will inevitably have mental retardation; however, in some patients, mental retardation is caused by the epileptic seizure itself. Such patients if the control of seizures intellectual development can be normal. Therefore, every effort should be made to control seizures in children with refractory epilepsy.