Childhood absence epilepsy
ORPHA:64280· ICD-10 G40.3
Definition
An idiopathic generalized epilepsy characterized by the appearance in an otherwise healthy child of multiple per day typical absence seizures. Epilepsy remits in the majority of children, at later by early adolescence.
- Prevalence
- 1-9 / 100 000
- Inheritance
- Autosomal dominant
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Childhood