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Epilepsy with myoclonic absence (EMA), which was originally depicted by Tassinari in 1969 and 1971, is now classified by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) as a genetic generalised epilepsy syndrome of childhood. EMA is characterised by rhythmic jerks and tonic contractions with impaired consciousness accompanied by synchronous and symmetric 3 Hz spike-and-wave discharges. It is generally bilateral, but it must be differentiated from focal impaired awareness motor seizures when it is unilateral [1].