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Typical absence status epilepticus

MedGen UID:
1718335
•Concept ID:
C5397868
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonym: Simple absence status epilepticus
 
HPO: HP:0032863

Definition

Typical absence status epilepticus is a type of generalized non-convulsive status epilepticus without coma that is semiologically a prolonged typical absence seizure. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVTypical absence status epilepticus

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PubMed

Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Walker MC
Int Rev Neurobiol 2007;81:287-97. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81019-6. PMID: 17433932
Treatment of typical absence seizures and related epileptic syndromes.
Panayiotopoulos CP
Paediatr Drugs 2001;3(5):379-403. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200103050-00006. PMID: 11393330

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Typical absence status epilepticus in older people: syndromic delineation.
Fernández-Torre JL, Hernández-Hernández MA, Orizaola P, Paramio-Paz A, Vázquez-Higuera JL, Marco de Lucas E
Epileptic Disord 2022 Jun 1;24(3):1-6. doi: 10.1684/epd.2022.1422. PMID: 35653081
Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Walker MC
Int Rev Neurobiol 2007;81:287-97. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81019-6. PMID: 17433932

Diagnosis

Typical Absence Status Epilepticus in Later Life Precipitated by Spirometry.
Fernández-Torre JL, Paramio-Paz A, Campos-Fernández S, Rivera-Sánchez M, Orizaola P, Hernández-Hernández MA
Can J Neurol Sci 2024 Mar;51(2):333-335. Epub 2023 Jan 20 doi: 10.1017/cjn.2023.9. PMID: 36657985
Typical absence status epilepticus in older people: syndromic delineation.
Fernández-Torre JL, Hernández-Hernández MA, Orizaola P, Paramio-Paz A, Vázquez-Higuera JL, Marco de Lucas E
Epileptic Disord 2022 Jun 1;24(3):1-6. doi: 10.1684/epd.2022.1422. PMID: 35653081
Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Walker MC
Int Rev Neurobiol 2007;81:287-97. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81019-6. PMID: 17433932
Treatment of typical absence seizures and related epileptic syndromes.
Panayiotopoulos CP
Paediatr Drugs 2001;3(5):379-403. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200103050-00006. PMID: 11393330
Epidemiology and evidence for morbidity of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Krumholz A
J Clin Neurophysiol 1999 Jul;16(4):314-22; discussion 353. doi: 10.1097/00004691-199907000-00003. PMID: 10478704

Therapy

Typical Absence Status Epilepticus in Later Life Precipitated by Spirometry.
Fernández-Torre JL, Paramio-Paz A, Campos-Fernández S, Rivera-Sánchez M, Orizaola P, Hernández-Hernández MA
Can J Neurol Sci 2024 Mar;51(2):333-335. Epub 2023 Jan 20 doi: 10.1017/cjn.2023.9. PMID: 36657985
Typical absence status epilepticus in older people: syndromic delineation.
Fernández-Torre JL, Hernández-Hernández MA, Orizaola P, Paramio-Paz A, Vázquez-Higuera JL, Marco de Lucas E
Epileptic Disord 2022 Jun 1;24(3):1-6. doi: 10.1684/epd.2022.1422. PMID: 35653081
Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Walker MC
Int Rev Neurobiol 2007;81:287-97. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81019-6. PMID: 17433932
Treatment of typical absence seizures and related epileptic syndromes.
Panayiotopoulos CP
Paediatr Drugs 2001;3(5):379-403. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200103050-00006. PMID: 11393330
Tiagabine-induced absence status in idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Knake S, Hamer HM, Schomburg U, Oertel WH, Rosenow F
Seizure 1999 Aug;8(5):314-7. doi: 10.1053/seiz.1999.0303. PMID: 10486298

Prognosis

Treatment of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Walker MC
Int Rev Neurobiol 2007;81:287-97. doi: 10.1016/S0074-7742(06)81019-6. PMID: 17433932
Treatment of typical absence seizures and related epileptic syndromes.
Panayiotopoulos CP
Paediatr Drugs 2001;3(5):379-403. doi: 10.2165/00128072-200103050-00006. PMID: 11393330
Epidemiology and evidence for morbidity of nonconvulsive status epilepticus.
Krumholz A
J Clin Neurophysiol 1999 Jul;16(4):314-22; discussion 353. doi: 10.1097/00004691-199907000-00003. PMID: 10478704

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