[Psychomotor seizures in childhood and their differential diagnosis].

The spectrum of complex partial seizures is influenced by the criteria of selection and by the methods of documentation used by the different authors. Partial complex seizures can be observed already in infancy. 55 to 63% of the children with such seizures are males. Seizures with unresponsiveness and blank stare are seen in all age groups, but they are underrepresented in statistics based mainly on the description of the seizure in contrast to seizures recorded during videotape monitoring. The mean duration of more than one minute permits to differentiate these seizures from absences with automatisms.