8A61.31 Juvenile absence epilepsy

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Juvenile absence epilepsy is one of the age-related idiopathic generalised epilepsies (IGE) with an age at onset between 10 and 17 years of age, and is characterised by sporadic (non-pyknoleptic) occurrence of absence seizures frequently associated with generalised tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) predominantly on awakening. Interictal and ictal EEG shows generalised spike and wave discharges with normal background activity.

synonyms

• Juvenile absence epilepsy

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