Rolandic epilepsy
Synonyms: BECRS | BECTS | BRE | Benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes | Benign familial epilepsy of childhood with rolandic spikes | Benign rolandic epilepsy | Centrotemporal epilepsy
Rolandic epilepsy (RE) is a focal childhood epilepsy characterized by seizures consisting of unilateral facial sensory-motor symptoms with electroencephalogram (EEG) showing sharp biphasic waves over the rolandic region. It is an age-related epilepsy with excellent outcome.
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