childhood absence epilepsy

childhood electroclinical syndrome characterized by the occurrence of typical absence seizures, starting between the age of four and ten years
MedicalCondition class_of_disease Q2894827
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childhood absence epilepsy

Summary

childhood absence epilepsy is a class of disease[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • childhood absence epilepsy's instance of is recorded as class of disease[3].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's instance of is recorded as symptom or sign[4].
  • childhood absence epilepsy is a type of absence seizure[5].
  • childhood absence epilepsy is a type of childhood electroclinical syndrome[6].
  • childhood absence epilepsy is a type of Idiopathic generalized epilepsy[7].
  • childhood absence epilepsy is a type of generalized seizure[8].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C128189[9].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C3023[10].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's health specialty is recorded as neurology[11].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as ethosuximide[12].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as trimethadione[13].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as methsuximide[14].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as valproic acid[15].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as clonazepam[16].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as phensuximide[17].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's drug or therapy used for treatment is recorded as mephobarbital[18].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1825[19].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's exact match is recorded as http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1825[20].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000265[21].
  • childhood absence epilepsy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Medicine[22].

Why It Matters

childhood absence epilepsy has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . NDF-RT. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Symptom Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project WikiProject Medicine
    Health specialty neurology
    Subclass of absence seizure, childhood electroclinical syndrome, Idiopathic generalized epilepsy +1
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