Early Onset Absence Epilepsy

Abstract

Neuropsychological evaluations, behavior patterns, and outcomes were studied in a retrospective analysis of 10 patients (7 girls, 3 boys) with onset of absence epilepsy before age 3 years, referred between 1986 and 2002 at Hopital Henri Gastaut, Marseille, and Hopital des Enfants, Toulouse, France.

Keywords

• absence epilepsy
• asymmetric interictal
• heterogeneous condition