Benign epilepsies of childhood--distinct syndromes and overlap.
No clear limits exist between benign partial and generalised epilepsies of childhood, and age related transient epilepsies that produce cognitive troubles, such as epileptic encephalopathy with continuous spike waves in slow sleep and myoclonic astatic epilepsy. Genetic predisposition seems to determine whether the epilepsy is partial or generalised. However, some maturational process seems to contribute in the cases with transient worsening including cognitive troubles.
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Service de Neuropédiatrie, Hôpital Saint-Vincent de Paul, 74, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris, France.
D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D018450:Disease Progression; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004829:Epilepsy, Generalized / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome