"Tonic-absence seizures": an unusual seizure phenotype, but not necessarily in that order.

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Video telemetry in a 15-year-old boy with moderate learning difficulties revealed episodes of staring and cessation of activity, followed by sudden stiffening of the body for several seconds, abduction of the arms and a brief vocal utterance ("ugh"). Each episode lasts around 30 seconds, 3-4 times/day despite treatment. The EEG showed generalized 3-4Hz spike-wave discharges during the "absence" period followed...

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