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MeSH Heading: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.490.493.500
Unique ID: D018887
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018887
Scope Note: 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).
Entry Term(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
NLM Classification #: WL 340.5
Previous Indexing: Aphasia (1982-1995); Epilepsy (1982-1995)
See Also: Aphasia
Public MeSH Note: 1996
History Note: 1996
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2017/02/24

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Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490]
      - Epileptic Syndromes [C10.228.140.490.493]
        
        Epilepsies, Myoclonic [C10.228.140.490.493.063]
        
        Epilepsy, Absence [C10.228.140.490.493.125]
        
        Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe [C10.228.140.490.493.188]
        
        Epilepsy, Rolandic [C10.228.140.490.493.250]
        
        Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe [C10.228.140.490.493.375]
        
        Landau-Kleffner Syndrome [C10.228.140.490.493.500]
        
        Lennox Gastaut Syndrome [C10.228.140.490.493.750]
        
        Spasms, Infantile [C10.228.140.490.493.875]

Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Preferred

Concept UI: M0028246
Scope Note: 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).
Terms: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome Preferred Term
Term UI T056299
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID; Aphasia, Epileptic, Acquired
Term UI T056298
Date07/19/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Acquired Childhoood Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder
Term UI T368881
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Landau-Kleffner Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia
Term UI T368882
Date11/03/1999
LexicalTag EPO
ThesaurusID NLM (2000); Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder
Term UI T764292
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Acquired Epileptiform Aphasia
Term UI T764293
Date01/15/2010
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Aphasia, Acquired Epileptic
Term UI T056297
Date07/19/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Aphasia, Acquired, With Convulsive Disorder
Term UI T812297
Date11/15/2011
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID OMIM (2013)

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