childhood absence epilepsy true true true SNOMEDCT_US_2018_03_01:16757004 CSP2005:0485-7316 MESH:D004832 NCI:C3023 SNOMEDCT_US_2018_03_01:79631006 disease_ontology pyknolepsy A childhood electroclinical syndrome that is characterized by brief and frequent absence seizures in children with age of onset between four and ten years. UMLS_CUI:C0014553 DOID:1825 http://www.case.edu/EpSO.owl#ChildhoodAbsenceEpilepsy absence seizure petit mal seizure Childhood absence epilepsy is a genetic/idiopathic generalized epilepsy that should be considered in an otherwise normal child with multiple daily absence seizures associated with 2.5 - 3.5 Hz generalized spike-and-wave. Absence seizures are provoked by hyperventilation. Between 8 and 12 years of age the distinction between the clinical syndromes of juvenile absence epilepsy and childhood absence epilepsy depends on the frequency of absence seizures. idiopathic generalized epilepsy childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome