Landau-Kleffner syndrome (DOID:2538)
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Synonyms: acquired epileptic aphasia
Alt IDs: OMIM:245570, ICD10CM:G40.8, MESH:D018887, NCI:C84806, ORDO:98818, UMLS_CUI:C0282512
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.