title: Human absence epilepsies.
abstract: A historical review of the concept of absence seizures. Their clinical features are very suggestive but a diagnosis made solely on clinical grounds is not always safe. Comparable pitfalls exist in the interpretation of EEG patterns. Absence seizures belong to several epileptic syndromes. They are briefly described.
authors.affiliation: Service de Neurologie, C.H.U., Hôpital Pellegrin, Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loiseau
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans