Abstract
Clinicians typically breathe a sigh of relief when they make the diagnosis of childhood absence epilepsy. The history is classic-a normal young child with myriad brief periods of staring. The clinic visit is powerful when the phenomena are replicated by having the child hyperventilate. Finally, the EEG is definitive. The ability to demonstrate to a family the abrupt eruption and cessation of spike-wave activity provides a framework for them to understand what is happening to their child. Parents are usually reassured that there are very good therapies, that seizures are typically controlled, and that their child will "outgrow" it. However, data from the multicenter Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group are rewriting this narrative.(1-3.)
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