title: Benign focal epilepsy with onset in infancy in a patient with 18q-syndrome.
abstract: METHODS
  The 18q-syndrome is sometimes associated with epilepsy. We report a child with a 18q deletion who showed the typical manifestations of the syndrome. In addition, she had benign focal epilepsy with onset in infancy characterized by complex partial seizures with a frequency from 1 to 20 per day. This type of epilepsy is a rare condition and this is the first report of benign focal epilepsy with onset in infancy in a child with 18q-syndrome. The EEGs performed during sleep showed low-voltage spikes over the fronto-central region of the left hemisphere. The magnetic resonance imaging of the brain was normal.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In conclusion, benign focal epilepsy with onset in infancy could be a condition associated with 18q-syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chieti, Ospedale Policlinico, Via dei Vestini 5, 66100 Chieti, Italy. averrott@obelix.unich.it
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verrotti
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Trotta
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Salladini
authors.forename: Giovanna
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: di Corcia
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chiarelli
mesh_terms: D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18 / Q000235:genetics*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013577:Syndrome