Abstract
Clinical and EEG features of absence seizures in 47 children with newly diagnosed, untreated childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) were analyzed using video-EEG recordings, in a study at University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Highlights
Clinical and EEG features of absence seizures in 47 children with newly diagnosed, untreated childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) were analyzed using video-EEG recordings, in a study at University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
CAE was defined as daily typical absence seizures presenting between the ages of 2 and 10 years, and without other seizure types
The authors conclude that the newly proposed criteria will be of limited value in the diagnosis of CAE and prediction of prognosis
Summary
Clinical and EEG features of absence seizures in 47 children with newly diagnosed, untreated childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) were analyzed using video-EEG recordings, in a study at University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. CAE was defined as daily typical absence seizures presenting between the ages of 2 and 10 years, and without other seizure types. In 339 absence seizures analyzed, the average seizure duration was 9.4 seconds (range 1 to 44 sec).
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