Benign focal seizures of adolescence

MONDO:0015471

A rare epilepsy typically characterized by isolated focal motor and somatosensory seizures. Less frequently other focal seizure types, with or without secondary generalization, have been described. The seizures usually happen when the patient is awake and take a benign course. The condition is transitory, interictal examinations are normal, and there is usually no family history of epilepsy.

Also known as: adolescent benign focal crisis

7 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 0 tagged with Benign focal seizures of adolescence itself.

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Routine EEGs may hold hidden clues to childhood epilepsy — a new analysis method is put to the test

Diagnosis Completed

This study is testing whether a computer tool called BioEP can detect signs of seizure susceptibility in standard EEG recordings from children with epilepsy. Researchers will analyze past EEGs from 530 children aged 2 to 18 who already have an epilepsy diagnosis. The goal is to s…

Sponsor: Neuronostics Ltd • Aim: Diagnosis

Last updated Aug 01, 2026 00:00 UTC

Benign focal seizures of adolescence

Where it sits in the disease tree

Routine EEGs may hold hidden clues to childhood epilepsy — a new analysis method is put to the test