Syndromic classification of patients with typical absence seizures
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
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61(3A): 580-587, Sept. 2003. tab, graf
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in English
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ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to compare ILAE classification (1989) and Panayiotopoulos' criteria (1997) for absence epilepsies. We studied 455 typical absences (ILAE, 1981) by video-EEG in 43 patients with normal neurological and neuroradiological examinations and interictal EEG with spike-wave complexes higher than 2.5Hz. Syndromic diagnosis was possible in 60.5 percent and 67.4 percent of the patients using ILAE classification and Panayiotopoulos' proposal, respectively. According to ILAE criteria 19 patients had childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), five juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), one juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and one epilepsy with specific modes of seizure precipitation. According to Panayiotopoulos' proposal, 10 had CAE, 14 JAE, one JME, three myoclonic absence epilepsy and one eyelid myoclonia with absences. We conclude that Panayiotopoulos' criteria and ILAE classification for absence epilepsies, which did not allow for the classification of 32.6 percent and 39.5 percent of cases, respectively, were still insufficient to classify all patients under specific diagnosis
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Main subject:
Epilepsy, Absence
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Epilepsies, Myoclonic
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. neuropsiquiatr
Journal subject:
Neurology
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Psychiatry
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidade de Säo Paulo/BR
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