Paying Attention to School Achievement in Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Paying attention to school achievement in childhood absence epilepsy.

Commentary Recent investigations of children with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) have reliably demonstrated that CAE is not a syndrome free of cognitive or behavioral comorbidity. Particularly problematic is attentional impairment, not only because of attention's effects on cognitive and school performance but also due to its behavioral effects such as attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome...

Childhood absence epilepsy: poor attention is more than seizures.

Dr. Masur and colleagues(1) from the Childhood Absence Epilepsy Study Group tried to answer a few important questions regarding childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) in their article "Pretreatment cognitive deficits and treatment effects on attention in childhood absence epilepsy." First, they wanted to know whether children with absence epilepsy have any problems with thinking before starting medic...

EEG in childhood absence epilepsy

UNLABELLED We performed a longitudinal clinico-electroencephalographic study of 23 children who were diagnosed as having absence epilepsy on their initial visits to our facility and we analysed those factors which lead to an unfavourable prognosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS We divided the 23 patients into three groups according to their clinical courses: Group A: eight patients who responded well ...

Paying Attention to Memory

Attention Contributes to Arithmetic Deficits in New-Onset Childhood Absence Epilepsy

Neuropsychological studies indicate that new-onset childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is associated with deficits in attention and executive functioning. However, the contribution of these deficits to impaired academic performance remains unclear. We aimed to examine whether attention and executive functioning deficits account for the academic difficulties prevalent in patients with new-onset CAE...