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Childhood occipital visual epilepsy

MONDO:0020308

A rare, genetic neurological disorder characterized by childhood to mid-adolescence onset of frequent, brief, diurnal simple partial seizures which usually begin with visual hallucinations (e.g. phosphenes) and/or ictal blindness and may associate non visual seizures (such as deviation of the eyes, oculoclonic seizures), forced eyelid closure and blinking and sensory hallucinations. Post-ictal headache is common while impairment of consciousness is rare.

Also known as: COVE, benign childhood occipital epilepsy, Gastaut type, childhood occipital epilepsy (Gastaut type), late-onset benign childhood occipital epilepsy

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Disease (618) Epilepsy (398) Nervous system disorder (217) Brain disorder (110) Central nervous system disorder (97) Focal epilepsy (91) Childhood-onset epilepsy syndrome (16) Human disease (14) Epilepsy syndrome (2) Childhood-onset self-limited focal epilepsy syndrome (0)
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