juvenile absence epilepsy

Genetics

• associated with defects in CLCN2

Clinical manifestations

• onset occurring around puberty
• absence seizures
• generalized tonic-clonic seizures
• generalized tonic-clonic seizures on awakening
• myoclonic seizures

More general terms

• idiopathic generalized epilepsy

Additional terms

• childhood absence epilepsy type 3
• epilepsy with grand mal seizures on awakening; epilepsy with only generalized tonic-clonic seizures

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607631