Juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE/EJA) is classified among the age-related idiopathic generalized epilepsies in adolescence. JAE is characterized by typical absence seizures, and a long-life prevalence of generalized tonic-clonic seizure. The sporadic myoclonic jerks may be observed. The seizure onset is typically between 9 and 13 years of age.
Category
Nervous system disease
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Epilepsy or seizures
8A61 Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed as epilepsy
H02216 Juvenile absence epilepsy