Mondo Description Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a familial generalized pediatric epilepsy, characterized by very frequent (multiple per day) absence seizures, usually occurring in children between the ages of 4 and 10 years, with, in most cases, a good prognosis.

Disease Ontology Description A childhood electroclinical syndrome that is characterized by brief and frequent absence seizures in children with age of onset between four and ten years.