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
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