Childhood absence epilepsy
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childhood-absence-epilepsy-187-3170923
title:
Childhood absence epilepsy
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Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), formerly known as pyknolepsy, is an idiopathic generalized epilepsy which occurs in otherwise normal children. The age of onset is between 4–10 years with peak age between 5–7 years. Children have absence seizures which although brief, they occur frequently, sometimes in the hundreds per day. The absence seizures of CAE involve abrupt and severe impairment of consciousness. Mild automatisms are frequent, but major motor involvement early in the course excludes t
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childhood_absence_epilepsy
date created:
2006-09-19T19:42:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T20:14:50Z
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