RT Book, Section A1 Sheth, Raj D. A2 Duchowny, Michael A2 Cross, J. Helen A2 Arzimanoglou, Alexis SR Print(0) ID 1138410338 T1 Generalized Seizures in Childhood and Adolescence T2 Pediatric Epilepsy YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071496216 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138410338 RD 2024/03/28 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.