TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Generalized Seizures in Childhood and Adolescence A1 - Sheth, Raj D. A2 - Duchowny, Michael A2 - Cross, J. Helen A2 - Arzimanoglou, Alexis PY - 2017 T2 - Pediatric Epilepsy AB - Management of epilepsy in childhood and adolescents requires accurate characterization of seizures and epilepsy syndrome. The inability to do so may result in the selection of inappropriate treatment options. As an example, diagnosing absence epilepsy for staring in the context of complex partial epilepsy may result in the choice of carbamazepine instead of an antiabsence seizure agent. Carbamazepine is well known to exacerbate absence seizures and is rarely associated with spike-wave stupor. Failure to accurately classify epilepsy syndromes may also limit the ability to prognosticate and limit decisions regarding medication withdrawal. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138410338 ER -