The article examines staring episodes in children. Staring episodes are a common reason for referral to pediatrics, as parents and teachers fear the probability of seizures. The differential diagnosis of staring spells in children can be categorised into absence seizures, complex partial seizures, day...
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Staring is frequently a nonepileptic manifestation in children. To differentiate epileptic versus nonepileptic staring, we reviewed clinical and video-EEG findings in 143 patients, aged 5 months to 43 years, monitored for staring episodes. In 79 patients staring was of epileptic origin; 46 had ...
AIM: The assessment of staring episodes in children with () is difficult due to the range of diagnostic possibilities, the increased frequency of epileptiform activity on electroencephalogram (EEG), and the inability of normal EEG to exclude seizures. We reviewed the diagnostic use of routine EEG ...