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.

Also known as: generalized epilepsy, EIG, IGE, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, hereditary idiopathic generalized epilepsy, idiopathic generalised epilepsy, idiopathic generalized epilepsy

35 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types.