Electroclinical outcome of children referred with suspected absence seizures

Background Approximately 10% of children with epilepsy have absence epilepsy syndromes. 1 The diagnosis is confirmed by recording events during a standard EEG recording synchronised with video. 2 However, non-epileptic absence-like behaviour is common in children, and although there may be clinical...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2011-10, Vol.96 (10), p.987-988
Main Authors: Anand, Geetha, Padeniya, Anuruddha, Jain, Rakesh, Hasan, Nadeem, Jayawant, Sandeep, Pike, Michael, McShane, Tony, Zaiwalla, Zenobia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child, Preschool
Convulsions & seizures
Diagnosis
Electroencephalography
Electroencephalography - methods
Epilepsy
Epilepsy in children
Epilepsy, Absence - diagnosis
Female
General aspects
Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy
Humans
Infant
Learning disabilities
Learning Problems
Male
Medical sciences
Miscellaneous
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Patients
Pediatric epilepsy
Prevention and actions
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Retrospective Studies
Seizures
Seizures (Medicine)
Video Technology
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background Approximately 10% of children with epilepsy have absence epilepsy syndromes. 1 The diagnosis is confirmed by recording events during a standard EEG recording synchronised with video. 2 However, non-epileptic absence-like behaviour is common in children, and although there may be clinical pointers to non-epileptic behaviours, an EEG is often requested. 3 Objective To describe the EEG (synchronised with video) results in children referred with suspected absence seizures.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2011-300531