Article
Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and electroencephalography trait are not linked to EBN1 and EBN2 of benign neonatal familial convulsions.
Epilepsia - 1 Jul 1997
Neubauer B A, Moises H W, Lässker U, Waltz S, Diebold U, Stephani U
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The electroencephalographic hallmark of benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS, or rolandic epilepsy) are characteristically shaped centrotemporal spikes and sharp waves (CTS). This EEG trait, but not BECTS itself, has been reported to follow an autosomal dominant mo...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Age Factors
- Age of Onset
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsies, Partial
- Epilepsy, Rolandic