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The study was conducted in the pediatric neurology clinic of King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between January 2000 and December 2019. Patients who did not meet (ILAE) criteria, lost follow-up, and those who did not receive treatment at KKUH were excluded. Data regarding the patient's disease, electro-clinical manifestations, anti-seizure medication response, and outcomes were collected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 35 patients, with an average age at diagnosis of 7 \u00b1 2.1 y, were included in the study; among them, 51.4% were female and approximately 48.6% presented with a family history of epilepsy. Regarding clinical features, all patients experienced staring and altered awareness, 94.2% had less than 20 spells per day at the time of diagnosis, and 65.7% were provoked by the hyperventilation test. Regarding EEG findings, all patients had bilateral, symmetrical, and synchronous discharges in the form of regular 3 Hz spike-and-wave complexes, and 94.3% had a generalized initial ictal discharge. Also, 22.8% had eye fluttering with electrographic seizures. Ethosuximide (ESM) was used as the drug of choice in 45.7% of the patients. Regarding clinical outcomes, 94.3% had their disease clinically controlled, and 80% had a normalized EEG after few months of starting anti-seizure medication. Finally, 37.2% experienced complete remission of epilepsy after 3\u20135 y; however, one patient developed juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study described the electro-clinical manifestations of patients with childhood absence epilepsy and outcomes. 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