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... > Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Epilepsy > Epileptic Syndromes > Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

Preferred term

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A syndrome characterized by the onset of isolated language dysfunction in otherwise normal children (age of onset 4-7 years) and epileptiform discharges on ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY. Seizures, including atypical absence (EPILEPSY, ABSENCE), complex partial (EPILEPSY, COMPLEX PARTIAL), and other types may occur. The electroencephalographic abnormalities and seizures tend to resolve by puberty. The language disorder may also resolve although some individuals are left with severe language dysfunction, including APHASIA and auditory AGNOSIA. (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp749-50; J Child Neurol 1997 Nov;12(8):489-495).

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Synonym(s)

  • Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder
  • Acquired Childhoood Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder
  • Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia
  • Aphasia, Acquired Epileptic
  • Aphasia, Acquired, With Convulsive Disorder
  • Aphasia, Epileptic, Acquired
  • Landau-Kleffner Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia

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In other languages

  • Syndrome de Landau-Kleffner

    French

  • Aphasie acquise avec épilepsie
  • Aphasie acquise de l'enfant avec épilepsie
  • Aphasie épileptique acquise
  • SLK (Syndrome de Landau-Kleffner)

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