The Syndrome of Absence Status Epilepsy: Review of the Literature

نویسندگان

  • Leonilda Bilo
  • Sabina Pappatà
  • Roberto De Simone
  • Roberta Meo
چکیده

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.

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دوره 2014  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014