Absence

Of seizure and petit mal.   May also be referred to as absence seizure.

The occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy.

This concept's ID is @1~70954

Contains

  • complex absence 0 facts

    An absence seizure accompanied by other abnormalities (atonia or automatisms or...

  • subclinical absence 0 facts

    A transient impairment of cortical function demonstrable only by 3-per-second...

  • pure absence 0 facts

    An absence seizure without other complications; followed by 3-per-sec brainwave sp...