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Almost all seizure types can be seen in a child with tuberous sclerosis complex, including tonic, clonic, tonic-clonic, atonic, myoclonic, atypical absence, partial, and complex partial.
There may be different types of seizures with common occurrence of astatic seizures (drop attacks), tonic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, atypical absence seizures and complex partial seizures ...
In children, nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is associated with various conditions, including acute neurological injuries and specific childhood epilepsy syndromes, and it can also be ...
Atypical, because they last longer--10 to 30 seconds on average--than those seen in children with typical absence epilepsy. Absence, because the patients appear as if they are mentally absent ...
Like other seizures, absence seizures are triggered by abnormal brain activity. When the brain receives mixed messages it becomes confused, causing a seizure. When this happens, it affects your ...
Childhood Absence Epilepsy (CAE) is a neurological condition causing brief, unnoticed seizures often mistaken for daydreaming ...
Absence seizures are one form of generalized seizure. They typically are brought on by exertion of some sort. Typically, this type of seizure lasts between 10 and 30 seconds.
Absence seizures can happen 100 times a day, but they are subtle and last only a few seconds, so they are often underdiagnosed or diagnosed late because they are easily mistaken for daydreaming.
In children with absence epilepsy, these highly disruptive episodes are known as absence seizures. Children experience brief staring spells, during which they temporarily lose consciousness.