Childhood absence epilepsy with clinically apparent genetic and acquired burdens: a diagnostic consideration.

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Both genetic and acquired factors play important roles in the development of childhood absence epilepsy. This article describes a girl with mental retardation, probably due to a perinatal complication, who had typical absence seizures with characteristic electroencephalographic findings of childhood absence epilepsy, including normal background activity. This patient was subsequently found to have a strong...

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