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Landau-Kleffner syndrome

What is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?

A rare form of epileptic encephalopathy with spike-wave activation in sleep (EE-SWAS) characterized by various combinations of acquired cognitive, language, behavioral, and motor deficits associated with marked spike- and- wave activation in sleep. In Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), receptive language is mainly affected, with an acquired auditory verbal agnosia.

Other condition names

  • Acquired epileptic aphasia
  • LKS

Inheritance type

Autosomal dominant

Age of Onset

  • Childhood
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