Case ReportJournal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP2024

Co-occurring Epilepsy and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a 6-Year-Old Boy.

Beth A Jerskey, Alexis A Reid, Karen Spencer, Elizabeth Diekroger, Jason Fogler

PMID 38900453

WHAT IT FOUND

No actionable finding: the paper is a commentary about recognizing absence seizures in a child with suspected ADHD, not a study of outcomes.

What this paper is

This is a case-report-style commentary about a child with suspected ADHD and absence seizures. It discusses how educators and neuropsychologists might notice staring spells and when to consider neurology, but it reports no methods, outcomes, or treatment response, so there is nothing here to change practice.

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    Beth A Jerskey, Alexis A Reid, Karen Spencer, et al. Co-occurring Epilepsy and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in a 6-Year-Old Boy. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP. 2024.

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