Absence seizures in children and teenagers are generally considered relatively benign
because of their non-convulsive nature and the large incidence of remittance in early …

Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders seen in children, with the highest
incidence in the first year of life. Diagnostic accuracy can be challenging because many …

Abstract In 2017, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of
Epilepsies described the “genetic generalized epilepsies”(GGEs), which contained the …

Summary The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Classification of the Epilepsies
has been updated to reflect our gain in understanding of the epilepsies and their underlying …

Background Childhood absence epilepsy, the most common pediatric epilepsy syndrome, is
usually treated with ethosuximide, valproic acid, or lamotrigine. The most efficacious and …

Cognitive and behavioural comorbidities are often seen in children with epilepsy, and are
more common and severe in refractory epilepsy. These comorbidities are associated with …

Purpose: Determine the optimal initial monotherapy for children with newly diagnosed
childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) based on 12 months of double‐blind therapy. Methods …

Purpose: Evidence for a poor psychiatric, social, and vocational adult outcome in childhood
absence epilepsy (CAE) suggests long‐term unmet mental health, social, and vocational …

OBJECTIVE: We compared associations of epilepsy remission status and severity as well as
psychiatric and other comorbidities with child and parent-proxy reports of health-related …

Objective: To determine the neurocognitive deficits associated with newly diagnosed
untreated childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), develop a model describing the factorial …