Absence Epilepsies
- 1 December 1995
- Vol. 36 (12) , 1182-1186
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb01060.x
Abstract
Summary: Individuals fulfilling diagnostic criteria for childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) and juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE) were selected from a large group of patients who were born between 1945 and 1973 and had presented with absence seizures (AS). Updated data allowed an analysis of 52 patients with CAE and of 62 patients with JAE aged ≥20 years. In CAE, complete control was achieved in 90% of patients (95%, AS only; 77%, AS + generalized tonic-clonic seizures, GTCS). Only 16% of patients with an onset <9 years had developed GTCS. In JAE, complete control was achieved in 37% of patients (47%, AS; 37%, GTCS). These figures support the validity of the International Classification of Epilepsy (ICE). Stricter diagnostic criteria are discussed.Keywords
This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
- Absence epilepsy: early prognostic signsSeizure, 1992
- Epidemiology of absence epilepsy: EEG findings and their predictive valuePediatric Neurology, 1991
- Proposal for Revised Classification of Epilepsies and Epileptic SyndromesEpilepsia, 1989
- DIFFERENTIATION OF TYPICAL ABSENCE SEIZURES IN EPILEPTIC SYNDROMESBrain, 1989
- AbsencesPublished by Springer Nature ,1989
- Concepts of absence epilepsiesNeurology, 1987
- Absence seizures in children: Clinical and electroencephalographic featuresAnnals of Neurology, 1987
- Benign versive or circling epilepsy with bilateral 3-cps spike-and-wave discharges in late childhoodAnnals of Neurology, 1986
- Longterm Follow-Up of Childhood Epilepsy with Absences - I. Epilepsy with Absences at OnsetNeuropediatrics, 1985
- Proposal for Revised Clinical and Electroencephalographic Classification of Epileptic SeizuresEpilepsia, 1981