absence seizure
Sign in to saveAlso known as petit mal, absence epilepsy, petit mal seizure, Epilepsy, Absence, absent seizure
generalized seizure characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy
Research
163,640 papers- Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.Epilepsia · 2017
- Absence-to-bilateral-tonic-clonic seizure: A generalized seizure type.Neurology · 2020
- Detection of seizure onset in childhood absence epilepsy.Clinical neurophysiology : official journal of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
- Semiological seizure classification.Epilepsia · 1998
- Epilepsy Overview and Revised Classification of Seizures and Epilepsies.Continuum (Minneapolis, Minn.) · 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- symptom or sign
- Subclass of
- disease
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- health specialty
- neurology
- exact match
- identifiers.org/doid/DOID:0070309
- prevalence
- 0.0003
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