Q: Which specialist should I consult to check if my child is suffering from absence seizure? A: You should consult a pediatric neurologist. Q: Is absence seizure a disease? A: No. Absence seizure or ...

Absence seizure, formerly known as petit mal seizure, is a type of short seizure that usually causes a person to briefly lose focus, stare into space, and lose awareness of their surroundings. These ...

An absence seizure is where you experience a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space for a few seconds. The seizures usually last for such a short time that no-one notices them, even the ...

A seizure can be alarming, especially in children, who are often unable to describe it or call for help. Seizures are sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain that cause changes in behaviour, ...

New contributions to the field of epilepsy have opened a window into the cellular events that occur in the brain during absence seizures. At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as ...

Changes Clinical Practice: In children with absence epilepsy, ethosuximide should be preferred as the first-line anticonvulsant. Childhood absence epilepsy is one of the most common epilepsy syndromes ...

Absence seizures, also known as silent or petit mal seizures, are a type of epilepsy that can go untreated, especially in children. The outward signs are subtle, with no convulsive seizures or ...

“Do you know why you shouldn’t talk to strangers?” asks a police officer standing at the front of a classroom to a room full of students. Emily’s hand shoots up and the teacher encourages her to ...

The areas of the cerebral cortex that are affected in mice with absence epilepsy have been pinpointed by research that also shows that transplanting embryonic neural cells into these areas can ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Andrew N. Wilner, MD: Welcome to Medscape. I'm your host, Dr Andrew Wilner, reporting on the annual American Epilepsy Society meeting. With me today is my ...

Absence seizures, common in children, present as brief lapses in awareness, often mistaken for daydreaming. These non-convulsive seizures involve staring spells and subtle movements, potentially ...