While generalized seizures cause convulsions, epilepsy includes other types like absence seizures (brief awareness lapses), ...

Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is the most common form of pediatric epilepsy, with an estimated annual incidence of 1–8 per 100,000 children aged 4–15 years, and accounts for 10–17% of all ...

Becky then told him about regular lapses of attention and visual disturbances she was experiencing at school (which it was clear to us were absence seizures). The paediatrician was still adamant ...

Absence status epilepticus Oral clobazam ... Surgery (multiple subpial transections) Uncertain; good for seizures and electrographic abnormalities Frequent or continuous focal electrographic ...