Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Term ID

DOID:2538

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. https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/landau-kleffner-syndrome/

References

• GARD:6855
• ICD10CM:G40.8
• MESH:D018887
• NCI:C84806
• OMIM:245570
• ORDO:98818
• SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:230438007
• UMLS_CUI:C0282512

Ontology

Human Disease   ( DOID:2538 )