Epilepsy: Old drugs do the trick in childhood absence epilepsy

Pasquale Striano & Carlo Minetti

Abstract

Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is the most common form of pediatric epilepsy, with an estimated annual incidence of 1–8 per 100,000 children aged 4–15 years, and accounts for 10–17% of all cases of childhood-onset epilepsy.¹ Age of onset ranges from 4–10 years, but peaks between 5 and 7 years of age.

Nature Reviews Neurology 6, 420-421 (August 2010) | doi:10.1038/nrneurol.2010.106