SCIENCES DE L’HOMME
Volume 11, Numéro 2, Pages 87-95
2019-04-06

Caractéristiques Cliniques Et électriques De L'épilepsie Absence De L’enfant Et De L’adolescent à Alger

Auteurs : Abdellaoui Walid . Sadibelouiz Mustapha, . Ait-kaci Ahmed Mahmoud .

Résumé

The present research focuses on the analyses of clinical manifestations, video-ictal EEG recording, medication use of Childhood Absence Epilepsy CAE and Juvenile Absence Epilepsy JAE in Algiers population. 45 patients were identified by a review of all clinical information, age at seizure onset, main video-ictal EEG recording, medication used. EEG recording performed at our EEG laboratory from 2009-2013. Absences were severe and the only seizure type in CAE, but non-predominant in JAE. Epileptic hallmark of CAE was 3Hz spike and slow wave complexes GSW, and 3,5 Hz GSW in JAE.

Mots clés

childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, absences, generalized tonic-clonic seizure, ictal-EEG.