myoclonic-astatic epilepsy

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Disease Overview

A rare epilepsy syndrome of childhood characterized by the occurrence of multiple different seizure types including myoclonic-astatic, generalized tonic-clonic and absence seizures, usually in previously healthy children.


Synonyms

  • Doose syndrome
  • EMAS
  • MAE
  • epilepsy with myoclonic atonic seizures
  • epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures
  • epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures
  • epilepsy with myoclono-astatic crisis
  • myoclonic astatic epilepsy
  • myoclonic atonic epilepsy
  • myoclonic-astatic epilepsy in early childhood