childhood absence epilepsy

noun

: epilepsy that typically begins between the ages of four and eight and is marked by the frequent, daily occurrence of absence seizures

Often misperceived as a benign form of epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy is associated with variable remission rates; affected children have cognitive deficits and long-term psychosocial difficulties.

—Tracy A. Glauser et al., The New England Journal of Medicine

called also pyknolepsy