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The Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

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Intractable Seizures

Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology ((AEMB,volume 497))

Abstract

Landau and Kleffner, in 1957, were the first to describe an idiopathic syndrome consisting of acquired aphasia, seizures and paroxysmal EEG abnormalities.72 Since their original description of “epileptic aphasia” in 6 children, over 200 cases of LandauKleffner Syndrome (LKS) have been reported5,37,86,89 with various clinical and neurophysiological features.31,121

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