Childhood Epilepsy: Language regression with epilepsy syndromes

摘要: The acquired aphasias (or agnosias) with or without epilepsy are a group of disorders in children presenting the first decade life loss understanding, followed by expression language some depression intelligence. Behavior problems emerge. In number such children, seizures may emerge EEG become abnormal, especially at night slow sleep. controllable medication, but deficit continues, although partial recovery is seen adolescence. Landau–Kleffner syndrome (LKS) primary model aphasia epilepsy, there other similar syndromes that possibly related if not variants same basic disorders. Treatment controversial. cause unknown. LKS childhood occurs previously normal children. This triad consisting functions, usual emergence variety abnormalities temporal-parietal-occipital areas, and resultant deterioration behavior. condition stabilizes for years then, often adolescence, begins to recover (Ballaban-Gil & Tuchman, 2000). has aslo been called agnosia) epileptiform (Roger et al. , 1985). It to, as, entities as continuous spike-wave status sleep, epileptic epilepticus sleeps, syndromes. These be common insult.