FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

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Term	absence epilepsy	ID (Ontology)	DOID:0070309 (Human Disease)
Definition	An electroclinical syndrome characterized by the occurrence of generalized onset seizures that cause lapses in awareness, begin and end abruptly, typically last only a few seconds and are associated with abnormal spike-wave discharges as seen by electroencephalogram.
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  epilepsy
   |__electroclinical syndrome
       |__absence epilepsy  22 rec.
           |__adolescence-adult electroclinical syndrome 14 rec.
           |   |__epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures
           |   |__familial adult myoclonic epilepsy(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__juvenile absence epilepsy(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__juvenile myoclonic epilepsy(+) 3 rec.
           |__childhood electroclinical syndrome 8 rec.
               |__benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
               |__childhood absence epilepsy
               |__early onset absence epilepsy
               |__Landau-Kleffner syndrome 6 rec.
               |__Lennox-Gastaut syndrome 2 rec.

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Is a	electroclinical syndrome
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	MESH:D004832