Staring Spells: Epileptic or Nonepileptic Events

Abstract

A parental questionnaire containing 25 items to distinguish epileptic (absence seizures [AS]) and nonepileptic staring [NES] characteristics in 40 children presenting with staring spells was tested at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio.

Keywords

• staring spells
• nonepileptic staring events
• absence epilepsy