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Recurrence of childhood absence epilepsy as pyknolepsy in adolescence Volume 13, numéro 3, Septembre 2011

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  • Recurrence of childhood absence epilepsy as pyknolepsy in adolescence

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Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and Montefiore/Einstein Epilepsy Management Center, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dominick P. Purpura Department Neuroscience, Bronx, New York

A developmentally normal adolescent boy with a history of childhood absence epilepsy presented with recurrence of pyknolepsy after a seven-year period of remission. The characteristics of his EEG showed the same 3-Hz generalised spike-wave discharge as in his previous EEG in childhood. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing recurrence of childhood absence epilepsy as pyknolepsy in an adolescent. [Published with video sequences]