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Meanings of absence seizure in anglès

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абсанс
portuguès
crise de ausência
espanyol
crisis de ausencia
català
crisi d'absència

Generalized seizure characterized by a brief loss and return of consciousness, generally not followed by a period of lethargy.

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crisi d'absència
portuguès
ausência
català
absència epilèptica
espanyol
ausencia

The occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy.

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absència epilèptica
Usage of absence seizure in anglès
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The longest absence seizure, however, lasted less than a minute.
Breathless
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Absence seizures, in epileptics, weren't accompanied by abnormal movements.
Breathless
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Background: Childhood absence epilepsy is a common generalized epilepsy syndrome characterized by childhood onset of frequent sporadic absence seizures.
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She had a dim recollection that certain exotic fungi-notmore common varieties like coccidioides-couldhave brain effects that included absence seizures and hallucinations.
Breathless
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Purpose: To investigate the efficacy and safety of long-term lamotrigine (LTG) monotherapy in Japanese and South Korean pediatric patients with newly diagnosed typical absence seizures.
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