Benign focal childhood epilepsies: classification
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Benign focal childhood epilepsies: classification. Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Types of benign focal childhood epilepsies
- Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS): Benign Rolandic epilepsy (BRE)
- Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS)
- Benign epilepsy with occipital paroxysms
- Idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy of Gastaut
- Benign childhood seizures with affective symptoms
- Benign childhood epilepsy with parietal spikes and frequent GSES
- Benign childhood focal seizures associated with frontal or midline spikes
- Benign childhood seizure susceptibility syndrome: may unify benign childhood focal seizures
