idiopathic generalized epilepsy
A generalised epilepsy that encompasses several common seizure phenotypes including childhood absence epilepsy, juvenile absence epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and epilepsy with generalized tonic-clonic seizures alone. These epilepsy syndromes have polygenic inheritance with or without environmental factors contributing to seizure susceptibility. Seizure types include one or a combination of absence seizures, myoclonic seizures and/or generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
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hereditary generalized epilepsy
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EIG
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IGE
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epilepsy, idiopathic generalized
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generalized epilepsy
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hereditary idiopathic generalized epilepsy
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idiopathic generalised epilepsy
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idiopathic generalized epilepsy
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