Childhood Absence Epilepsy WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Childhood Absence Epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a subtype of idiopathic generalized epilepsy and is characterized by brief impairment of consciousness (absence seizure), typically without convulsions. The seizures appear between ages 3 and 12 and can occur multiple times per day. Patients are otherwise normal with no physical or neurological defects. Mutations in CACNA1H yield susceptibility for CAE and some mutations in GABRG2 yield susceptibility to CAE with febrile convulsions. ...more from Wikipedia
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- The seizures usually start between the ages of four to nine years of age, and happen slightly more often in girls than boys.1
- Accounts for 2% to 8% of patients with epilepsy. 2
- 40 percent of children outgrow the seizures, and as a group their I.Q. scores are 10 points above average.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Epilepsy Action: Childhood Absence Epilepsy
- ↑ Epilepsy.com: Childhood Absence Epilepsy
- ↑ Epilepsy Foundation: Childhood Absence Epilepsy
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