Table 1 Case reports of seizures attributed to aripiprazole Case report Summary Thabet et al Child, age 3, (19) (2013) with accidental ingestion Two staring spells (
absence seizures), one of which was followed by a generalized seizure Yueh et al Man, age 54 Two (18) (2009) tonic-clonic seizures Arora and Boy, age 13 Arndorfer (17) (2007) Four weeks of treatment Staring spells and hand twitching.
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absence seizures.
A survey shows that on average children with
absence seizures in the UK wait more than a year and a half before being diagnosed.
Most common seizure type was generalised tonic clonic seizures (68%) followed by simple partial seizures (12%), complex partial seizure (10%), myoclonic seizures (5%) and
absence seizures (4%).
The patients with generalized tonic-clonic scored high on trait anxiety whereas patients with
absence seizures scored high on trait of dominance.
The primary characteristics of CAE are the very frequent
absence seizures (Jallon & Latour, 2005).
The literature on the clinical and electrographic features of
absence seizures in adults is scarce.
Unlike genetic models of generalized epilepsy where spike and wave
absence seizures are predominant [15,16], in the PTZ model after administration ofthe chemical, multiple generalized convulsive seizures, often in clusters, are induced.
Their nine-year-old son, Bradley, suffers with epilepsy, causing him to have
absence seizures, which can kill him.
[sup][1] The typical clinical picture comprises a triad of
absence seizures, myoclonic seizures, and GTCSs.
Intractable
absence seizures in hyperinsulinism-hyperammonemia syndrome.