idiopathic generalized epilepsies

idiopathic generalized epilepsies
a group of epilepsies characterized by generalized seizures but no irregularities on the electroencephalogram; these are genetically determined and are not idiopathic in the usual sense of the word. Included are several types of absence epilepsy as well as juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.

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