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Absence Epilepsies
Author(s) -
Loiseau Pierre,
Duché Bernard,
Pédespan JeanMichel
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1995.tb01060.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , childhood absence epilepsy , pediatrics , medicine , psychology , psychiatry
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.