The mean age of petit mal epilepsy.
OBJECTIVE
Petit mal epilepsy or absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses of consciousness and most often occurs in people under age of 20 years. This study was done to find out the most likely significant age affected by petit mal epilepsy and whether they had higher rate of behavioral, educational, and social problems.


METHODS
We run tests on total 32 patients (male 16 and female 16) from newborns to 20 years of age.


RESULTS
The most affected ages were from 4 to 9 years and both genders were equally affected. They have higher rate of behavioral, educational, and social problems, and most likely recovering ages from the disease were from 15 to 20 years.


CONCLUSIONS
These findings could contribute in diagnosis and treatment of Petit Mal Epilepsy, as it often misinterpreted as daydreaming or inattention.
Department of Pediatrics, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, P. R. China.
Afsarunnesa
A
Syeda
Department of Neurology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, P. R. China.
Md Rezaul
MR
Karim
Absence seizure; electroencephalography; epilepsy; petit mal epilepsy