<prompt> This form of epilepsy almost always starts in childhood.For the above patient with clinical symptoms and signs, select the most likely seizure typesimple partial seizurecomplex partial seizurestonic-clonic grand mal seizuresabsence petit mal seizures  <response>: Absence seizures almost always begin in young children age 6-14. They may first present as learning difficulties in school. The EEG is diagnostic, revealing brief 3-Hz spike and wave discharges occurring synchronously throughout all the leads. 