Talk:Absence seizure

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Since the word "seizure" refers to a police officer's taking property or the like, some context-setting would help. E.g., "In medicine ..." Michael Hardy 00:41, 18 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Reasons other than epilepsy

Care to expand on the other causes of these seizures please? Cheers, --Rebroad 16:04, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Physical damage can be one: I have petit mal seizures. I was born with about half of my cerebellum missing. I'm not epileptic at all though. HalfShadow 15:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What does the last paragraph in the summary mean?

They sometimes move from one location to another without any purpose. What are they? People experiencing seizures? The location of the seizure? 134.10.22.245 06:49, 12 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The former. I clarified this in the article since the original was, as you pointed out, confusing. --Dpryan 18:46, 19 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I have had Absent Epilepsy since I was 3.

I have had absent epilepsy since I was 3 and i have found that if it does not go away i may never be able to drive. I have taken some medications too! 207.109.63.169 16:30, 16 November 2007 (UTC)Sam M.[reply]

IPA?

A doctor told me that it was not pronounced as English "Absence" but rather as French "Absence", ab-since versus ab-sohnz. Could anyone confirm? 67.5.156.119 (talk) 08:27, 20 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've got no official source, but I work as an assistant to an epilepsy specialist and she pronounces it ab-since, for what good it does for you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 164.111.174.183 (talk) 17:27, 10 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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In my opinion, I don't believe the average visitor to this page will have any idea what "thalamocortical osscilations" are. An explanation or perhaps a link to an external explanation would be helpful.