Pretreatment seizure semiology in childhood absence epilepsy

Conclusions:
Almost all absence seizures are characterized by a pause in activity or staring, but rarely is this the only feature. Semiologic features tend to cluster, resulting in identifiable absence seizure subtypes with significant intraparticipant seizure phenomenologic heterogeneity. One seizure subtype, pause/stare and eye involvement but no motor automatisms, is specifically associated with a worse treatment outcome.

Source: Neurology - August 14, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Kessler, S. K., Shinnar, S., Cnaan, A., Dlugos, D., Conry, J., Hirtz, D. G., Hu, F., Liu, C., Mizrahi, E. M., Moshe, S. L., Clark, P., Glauser, T. A., For the Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group Tags: Antiepileptic drugs, Epilepsy semiology, Video/ EEG use in epilepsy, Generalized seizures, Absence seizures ARTICLE Source Type: research