Print By Mayo Clinic Staff Request an appointment Diagnosis & treatment Jan. 21, 2025 Print Living with absence seizure? Connect with others like you for support and answers to your questions in the Epilepsy & Seizures support group on Mayo Clinic Connect, a patient community. Epilepsy & Seizures Discussions Has anyone damaged their teeth during a seizure? 34 Replies Wed, Jul 09, 2025 chevron-right Focal awareness seizures or auras? 19 Replies Thu, Jun 26, 2025 chevron-right Anyone diagnosed with transient epileptic amnesia? 8 Replies Fri, Apr 11, 2025 chevron-right See more discussions Related Associated Procedures Brain magnetic resonance imaging EEG (electroencephalogram) MRI Products & Services A Book: Mayo Clinic Family Health Book Newsletter: Mayo Clinic Health Letter — Digital Edition Show more products and services from Mayo Clinic Absence seizureSymptoms&causesDiagnosis&treatmentDoctors&departments Research: It's all about patients Show transcript for video Research: It's all about patients [MUSIC PLAYING] Joseph Sirven, M.D., Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic: Mayo's mission is about the patient. The patient comes first. So the mission and research here is to advance how we can best help the patient, how to make sure the patient comes first in care. So in many ways, it's a cycle. It can start with as simple as an idea worked on in a laboratory, brought to the patient bedside, and if everything goes right — and let's say it's helpful or beneficial — then brought on as a standard approach. And I think that is one of the unique characteristics of Mayo's approach to research — that patient-centeredness — that really helps to put it in its own spotlight. CON-20301699 Diseases & Conditions Absence seizure