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   * Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is an age-dependent, idiopathic form of generalised epilepsy (IGE) characterised by multiple absence seizures per day, as well as bilateral, symmetrical, and synchronous discharges of 3-Hz generalised spike and waves (GSW) in the electroencephalogram.
-  * The 2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)classification suggested that the term IGE could be reserved for the four syndromes including childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME), and epilepsy with generalized tonic–clonic seizures alone (GTCA)[(:cite:10.1111/epi.13709>[[doi>10.1111/epi.13709]])].
+  * The 2017 International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE)classification suggested that the term IGE could be reserved for the four syndromes including childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), [[juvenile myoclonic epilepsy]] (JME), and epilepsy with generalized tonic–clonic seizures alone (GTCA)[(:cite:pmid28276062>{{pmid>long:28276062}})].
   * CAE makes for 2% to 10% of all paediatric epilepsies and 8-15% of school-aged childhood epilepsies. Seizures occur many times daily and consist of brief staring spells, sometimes with rhythmic eye blinking or motor automatisms, lasting seconds, with immediate return to the baseline level of awareness and activity. Children with CAE develop normally, although attentional deficiencies or other subtle behavioural or cognitive abnormalities may be present at onset.
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