childhood absence epilepsy type 3
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Genetics
- associated with defects in CLCN2
Clinical manifestations
- onset at age 6-7 years
- frequent absence seizures (several per day)
- during adolescence, tonic-clonic & myoclonic seizures develop
Diagnostic procedures
- electroencephalogram
- bilateral, synchronous, symmetric 3 Hz spike waves