Paediatric absence seizures:
A. Do not typically require emergency care.
B. Are normally cause for significant concern.
C. Usually progress to tonic-clonic seizures by the age of 20.
D. Are usually precipitated by congenital tumours.
Answer: A. Do not typically require emergency care.
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