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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Epilepsy > Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Infant, Newborn, Diseases > Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal

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Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal  

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Entry terms

  • Benign Neonatal Convulsion
  • Benign Neonatal Convulsions
  • Benign Neonatal Epilepsy
  • Benign Neonatal-Infantile Epilepsies
  • Benign Neonatal-Infantile Epilepsy
  • Convulsion, Benign Neonatal
  • Convulsions, Benign Neonatal
  • Epilepsies, Benign Neonatal-Infantile
  • Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal Infantile
  • Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal-Infantile
  • Neonatal Convulsion, Benign
  • Neonatal Convulsions, Benign
  • Neonatal-Infantile Epilepsies, Benign
  • Neonatal-Infantile Epilepsy, Benign

Scope note

  • A condition marked by recurrent seizures that occur during the first 4-6 weeks of life despite an otherwise benign neonatal course. Autosomal dominant familial and sporadic forms have been identified. Seizures generally consist of brief episodes of tonic posturing and other movements, apnea, eye deviations, and blood pressure fluctuations. These tend to remit after the 6th week of life. The risk of developing epilepsy at an older age is moderately increased in the familial form of this disorder. (Neurologia 1996 Feb;11(2):51-5)

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  • 2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020936

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