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The Syndrome of Absence Status Epilepsy: Review of the Literature

The authors review the literature for cases fulfilling the criteria for the proposed idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome (IGE) of absence status epilepsy described by Genton et al. (2008). Difficulties arising in diagnosing such cases are remarked, and possible overlapping with other proposed I...

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Autores principales: Bilo, Leonilda, Pappatà, Sabina, De Simone, Roberto, Meo, Roberta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3934526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24660061
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/624309
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Sumario:The authors review the literature for cases fulfilling the criteria for the proposed idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome (IGE) of absence status epilepsy described by Genton et al. (2008). Difficulties arising in diagnosing such cases are remarked, and possible overlapping with other proposed IGE syndromes is discussed.