Term Name: | Landau-Kleffner syndrome |
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Synonyms: | acquired epileptic aphasia |
Definition: | A childhood electroclinical syndrome that is characterized by the loss of language comprehension (auditory verbal agnosia) and verbal expression (aphasia) in association with severely abnormal electroencephalographic (EEG) findings during sleep and clinical seizures in most patients. |
Ontology: | Human Disease [DOID:2538] ( DOID:2538 ) |