@article {4464,
	title = {Prevalence of epilepsy and attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) disorder: a population-based study.},
	journal = {J Child Neurol},
	volume = {28},
	number = {1},
	year = {2013},
	month = {2013 Jan},
	pages = {120-3},
	abstract = {Epilepsy and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were reported to co-occur at rates higher than expected for coincidental findings. This study investigated the prevalence of both disorders in community-based primary care practice. The central database of the second-largest health maintenance organization in Israel was searched for all children aged 6 to 13 years (n = 284 419; 51.5\% males) diagnosed as having ADHD according to the physicians{\textquoteright} records and/or the filling of at least 10 prescriptions for antiepileptic medications according to pharmacy records. The prevalence of epilepsy in the total population was 5 out of 1000 children, and the prevalence of ADHD was 12.6\%. More than one-fourth (27.7\%) of the epileptic children were also diagnosed as having ADHD. On multivariate analysis, children with ADHD had almost twice the risk of epilepsy than children without ADHD. This study supports hospital-based findings of a strong interrelationship between ADHD and epilepsy. The high rate of ADHD in Israeli children warrants further investigation.},
	keywords = {Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Child, Community Health Planning, Epilepsy, Female, Humans, Male, Prevalence, Retrospective Studies, Sex Factors},
	issn = {1708-8283},
	doi = {10.1177/0883073812440327},
	author = {Cohen, Rony and Senecky, Yehuda and Shuper, Avinoam and Inbar, Dov and Chodick, Gabriel and Shalev, Varda and Raz, Raanan}
}
