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Epilepsy, Rolandic  

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Entry terms

  • Epilepsy, Rolands
  • Epilepsy, Sylvian
  • Rolands Epilepsy
  • Sylvian Epilepsy

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  • An autosomal dominant inherited partial epilepsy syndrome with onset between age 3 and 13 years. Seizures are characterized by PARESTHESIA and tonic or clonic activity of the lower face associated with drooling and DYSARTHRIA. In most cases, affected children are neurologically and developmentally normal. (From Epilepsia 1998 39;Suppl 4:S32-S41)

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  • 1997

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D019305

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