Melatonin in Epilepsy: A New Mathematical Model of Diurnal Secretion

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of epilepsy group (EG).

	Epilepsy with focal seizures	Epilepsy with generalized seizures: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Epilepsy duration (months)	11–200 months	12–194 months
Epilepsy etiology	Unknown etiology , 50%; Known etiology , 50%; (cortical dysplasia)	Unknown etiology , 50%; Known etiology , 50%
The number of antiepileptic drugs (mean)	1–4 ()	1–3 (
The frequency of seizures per day (mean)	1–9 ()	1–6 ()
The number of seizures on the day before the day of sampling (mean)	1–3 ()	1–3 (
The average number of seizures on the day of sampling	1	1
The number of hours elapsed between the last seizure and the beginning of the sampling (mean)	1–42 (12.5)	1–42 (12.4)