PURPOSE: To evaluate how diagnostic criteria influence remission rates for @entity1 with @entity2048 ( @entity2048 ) and to assess clinical and EEG parameters as predictors of outcome. METHODS: One hundred nineteen @entity1 were diagnosed with @entity2048 , according to International League Against @entity302 (ILAE) classification criteria. They were subsequently evaluated according to stricter diagnostic criteria. Sixty-two subjects fulfilled these criteria as group 2; 57 did not and constituted group 1. Diagnostic parameters that prevented @entity1 of group 1 from entering group 2, and variables such as sex, familial history of @entity6191 , and personal history of febrile @entity410 also were tested as prognostic factors for terminal remission. RESULTS: Compared with those in group 1, @entity1 of group 2 had significantly higher rates of @entity410 control (95% vs. 77%), higher rates of terminal remission (82% vs. 51%), fewer generalized @entity410 (8% vs. 30%), and shorter mean periods of treatment (2.2 vs. 3.8 years). Significantly fewer @entity1 were receiving polytherapy in group 2 than in group 1 (11% vs. 47%), and fewer @entity1 had @entity410 relapses at antiepileptic drug discontinuation (0 vs. 22%). CONCLUSIONS: Remission rates of @entity1 with @entity2048 are greatly influenced by the classification criteria used for selection. Stricter diagnostic criteria allow the definition of a homogeneous group of @entity1 with excellent prognosis. Factors predicting unfavorable prognosis were generalized @entity410 in the active stage of absences, @entity2045 , eyelid myoclonia or perioral myoclonia, and EEG features atypical for @entity2048 .

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'tonic-clonic seizures', 'convulsions'] @entity2045 :: ('MESH:D009207', 'Disease') :: ['myoclonic jerks'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['Epilepsy'] @entity2048 :: ('MESH:D004832', 'Disease') :: ['CAE', 'childhood absence epilepsy'] @entity6191 :: ('MESH:D004829', 'Disease') :: ['generalized epilepsy']
@entity2048 :: (MESH:D004832,Disease) :: ['Childhood absence epilepsy']
