Term Name: focal epilepsy
Synonyms: localisation-related epilepsy, partial epilepsy
Definition: An epilepsy syndrome that is characterized by seizures that are preceded by an isolated disturbance of a cerebral function and arise from an epileptic focus, a small portion of the brain that serves as the irritant driving the epileptic response.
Ontology: Human Disease [DOID:2234]   ( DOID:2234 )

Relationships
is a type of: epilepsy
has subtype: complex partial epilepsy familial focal epilepsy with variable foci frontal lobe epilepsy partial motor epilepsy partial sensory epilepsy simple partial epilepsy temporal lobe epilepsy