Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures

We present a case series of three boys with childhood epilepsy with myoclonic–atonic seizures (EMAS) who achieved complete remission during childhood only to develop absence seizures during early adolescence. In all three cases, the recurrent seizures resolved again with antiseizure drugs, and two a...

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Autores principales: Berth, Sarah H., Kossoff, Eric H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100329
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description We present a case series of three boys with childhood epilepsy with myoclonic–atonic seizures (EMAS) who achieved complete remission during childhood only to develop absence seizures during early adolescence. In all three cases, the recurrent seizures resolved again with antiseizure drugs, and two are currently medication-free for a second time.
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spelling pubmed-66779142019-08-06 Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures Berth, Sarah H. Kossoff, Eric H. Epilepsy Behav Rep Article We present a case series of three boys with childhood epilepsy with myoclonic–atonic seizures (EMAS) who achieved complete remission during childhood only to develop absence seizures during early adolescence. In all three cases, the recurrent seizures resolved again with antiseizure drugs, and two are currently medication-free for a second time. Elsevier 2019-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6677914/ /pubmed/31388667 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100329 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
title_full Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
title_fullStr Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
title_full_unstemmed Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
title_short Adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
title_sort adolescent-onset absence epilepsy years after resolution of childhood epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6677914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31388667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2019.100329
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