Landau-Kleffner syndrome

Orpha code: 98818OMIM code: 245570

Definition

Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) is an age-related epileptic encephalopathy where developmental regression occurs mainly in the language domain and the electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities are mainly localized around the temporal-parietal regions. The term acquired epileptic aphasia describes the main features of this condition.

Disease data
Classification

Disease

Synonyms
Acquired epileptic aphasia
LKS
Nabyta afazja padaczkowa
LKS
ORPHA code
98818
OMIM code
245570
ICD10 code
F80.3
ICD11 code
8A62.2

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