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Epilepsy, Rolandic

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Definition: 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)      Other names Rolandic Epilepsy, Benign; Rolandic Epilepsy; Rolandic Epilepsies; Epilepsy, Sylvian; Epilepsy, Rolands; Epilepsy, Centralopathic; Epilepsy, Benign Rolandic; Epilepsies, Rolandic; Epilepsies, Centrotemporal; Epilepsies, Centralopathic; Centrotemporal Epilepsy; Centrotemporal Epilepsies; Centralopathic Epilepsies; Benign Childhood Epilepsy With Centro Temporal Spi; Centralopathic Epilepsy; Benign Rolandic Epilepsy; BECTS; BCECTS; Sylvian Epilepsy; Rolands Epilepsy
 
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Epilepsy, rolandic with paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia and writer's cramp  0   *Dystonia *Epilepsy, Rolandic *Dystonic Disorders.

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