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Benign familial infantile epilepsy

Epilepsia benigna familiar da infância

Category

Definition

Epilepsy characterised by the occurrence of repeated seizures in healthy infants with no prior medical history during the first year of life. The seizures manifest with motor arrest, impairment of consciousness, staring, eye and head deviation, and mild unilateral clonic convulsions. A family history of the same epilepsy is a constant finding. The pattern of inheritance is most probably autosomal dominant.

Index Terms

Benign familial infantile epilepsyWatanabe-Vigevano syndromeInfantile convulsions or choreoathetosisInfantile convulsions and paroxysmal choreoathetosisICCA - [Infantile convulsions and choreoathetosis] syndromeBenign infantile focal epilepsy with midline spikes and waves during sleep