Myoclonic absence seizure is a type of generalized non-motor (absence) seizure characterised by an interruption of ongoing activities, a blank stare and rhythmic three-per-second myoclonic movements, causing ratcheting abduction of the upper limbs leading to progressive arm elevation, and associated with 3 Hz generalized spike-wave discharges on the electroencephalogram. Duration is typically 10-60 s. Whilst impairment of consciousness may not be obvious the ILAE classified this seizure as a generalized non-motor seizure in 2017. [https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8486-0558, PMID:28276060, PMID:28276062, PMID:28276064, PMID:9637609]
