ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Epilepsy or seizures
8A61 — Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed...
8A61.3 — Genetic epileptic syndrome with adolescent or adult onset
8A61.31 — Juvenile absence epilepsy

ICD-11 8A61.31 — Juvenile absence epilepsy

Juvenile absence epilepsy is one of the age-related idiopathic generalised epilepsies (IGE) with an age at onset between 10 and 17 years of age, and is characterised by sporadic (non-pyknoleptic) occurrence of absence seizures frequently associated with generalised tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) predominantly on awakening. Interictal and ictal EEG shows generalised spike and wave discharges with normal background activity.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.