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benign neonatal seizures
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A neonatal period electroclinical syndrome that is characterized by tonic-clonic seizures in newborns occurring within the first seven days of life and ceasing within the first 15 weeks of life and has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of voltag
A neonatal period electroclinical syndrome that is characterized by tonic-clonic seizures in newborns occurring within the first seven days of life and ceasing within the first 15 weeks of life and has_material_basis_in autosomal dominant inheritance of voltage-gated potassium channels or a chromosomal inversion.
Signs and symptoms
- Focal clonic seizure
- Bilateral tonic-clonic seizure
- Myokymia
- Febrile seizure (within the age range of 3 months to 6 years)
- Global developmental delay
- Motor delay
- Intellectual disability
Medications that may treat it
Also known as: benign familial neonatal seizures; benign neonatal convulsions