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Benign frontal epilepsy of childhood

MedGen UID:
140734
•Concept ID:
C0393671
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Benign Frontal Childhood Epilepsy; Childhood Benign Frontal Epilepsy; Epilepsy, Benign Frontal, Childhood; Frontal Epilepsy, Benign, Childhood
SNOMED CT: Benign frontal epilepsy of childhood (230382002)

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Planning and management of SEEG.
Chassoux F, Navarro V, Catenoix H, Valton L, Vignal JP
Neurophysiol Clin 2018 Feb;48(1):25-37. Epub 2017 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.neucli.2017.11.007. PMID: 29254835
Definition and diagnostic criteria of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy.
Tinuper P, Bisulli F, Cross JH, Hesdorffer D, Kahane P, Nobili L, Provini F, Scheffer IE, Tassi L, Vignatelli L, Bassetti C, Cirignotta F, Derry C, Gambardella A, Guerrini R, Halasz P, Licchetta L, Mahowald M, Manni R, Marini C, Mostacci B, Naldi I, Parrino L, Picard F, Pugliatti M, Ryvlin P, Vigevano F, Zucconi M, Berkovic S, Ottman R
Neurology 2016 May 10;86(19):1834-42. Epub 2016 Apr 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002666. PMID: 27164717Free PMC Article
Modern management of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
Brodie MJ
Expert Rev Neurother 2016 Jun;16(6):681-8. Epub 2016 May 3 doi: 10.1080/14737175.2016.1179113. PMID: 27082040

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Posterior Cingulate Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.
Pepin C, Brochu K, Lessard-Bonaventure P, Nguyen DK, Martineau L
J Clin Neurophysiol 2023 Sep 1;40(6):507-515. Epub 2023 Mar 15 doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000975. PMID: 36930208
Long-term seizure, psychiatric and socioeconomic outcomes after frontal lobe epilepsy surgery.
Khoo A, de Tisi J, Foong J, Bindman D, O'Keeffe AG, Sander JW, Miserocchi A, McEvoy AW, Duncan JS
Epilepsy Res 2022 Oct;186:106998. Epub 2022 Aug 13 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.106998. PMID: 35985250
Ictal crying.
Asadi-Pooya AA, Wyeth D, Sperling MR
Epilepsy Behav 2016 Jun;59:1-3. Epub 2016 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.03.012. PMID: 27084975
Frontal lobe seizures: from clinical semiology to localization.
Bonini F, McGonigal A, Trébuchon A, Gavaret M, Bartolomei F, Giusiano B, Chauvel P
Epilepsia 2014 Feb;55(2):264-77. Epub 2013 Dec 24 doi: 10.1111/epi.12490. PMID: 24372328
Paroxysmal choreodystonic disorders.
Sohn YH, Lee PH
Handb Clin Neurol 2011;100:367-73. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52014-2.00028-8. PMID: 21496595

Diagnosis

Frontal lobe seizures: overview and update.
McGonigal A
J Neurol 2022 Jun;269(6):3363-3371. Epub 2022 Jan 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10949-0. PMID: 35006387
Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy.
Nobili L, Proserpio P, Combi R, Provini F, Plazzi G, Bisulli F, Tassi L, Tinuper P
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2014 Feb;14(2):424. doi: 10.1007/s11910-013-0424-6. PMID: 24395520
Frontal lobe seizures: from clinical semiology to localization.
Bonini F, McGonigal A, Trébuchon A, Gavaret M, Bartolomei F, Giusiano B, Chauvel P
Epilepsia 2014 Feb;55(2):264-77. Epub 2013 Dec 24 doi: 10.1111/epi.12490. PMID: 24372328
Frontal lobe seizures.
Bagla R, Skidmore CT
Neurologist 2011 May;17(3):125-35. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e31821733db. PMID: 21532379
Frontal lobe epilepsy.
Beleza P, Pinho J
J Clin Neurosci 2011 May;18(5):593-600. Epub 2011 Feb 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.08.018. PMID: 21349720

Therapy

Dorsolateral frontal lobe epilepsy.
Lee RW, Worrell GA
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):379-84. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826b3c7c. PMID: 23027094Free PMC Article
Epilepsy and sleep.
Eriksson SH
Curr Opin Neurol 2011 Apr;24(2):171-6. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283445355. PMID: 21386677
Deterioration.
Brown S
Epilepsia 2006;47 Suppl 2:19-23. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00682.x. PMID: 17105454
Frontal lobe epilepsy.
Kellinghaus C, Lüders HO
Epileptic Disord 2004 Dec;6(4):223-39. PMID: 15634619
Sleep and epilepsy.
Dahl M, Dam M
Ann Clin Res 1985;17(5):235-42. PMID: 3936393

Prognosis

Predictors of hyperkinetic seizures.
Menghi V, Bisulli F, Cardinale F, Vignatelli L, Zenesini C, Mai R, Proserpio P, Francione S, Sartori I, Tinuper P, Nobili L
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Apr;129:108629. Epub 2022 Mar 7 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108629. PMID: 35272206
Frontal lobe seizures: overview and update.
McGonigal A
J Neurol 2022 Jun;269(6):3363-3371. Epub 2022 Jan 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-021-10949-0. PMID: 35006387
Ictal crying.
Asadi-Pooya AA, Wyeth D, Sperling MR
Epilepsy Behav 2016 Jun;59:1-3. Epub 2016 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.03.012. PMID: 27084975
Frontal lobe epilepsy.
Kellinghaus C, Lüders HO
Epileptic Disord 2004 Dec;6(4):223-39. PMID: 15634619
Sleep epilepsy.
Eisenman LN, Attarian HP
Neurologist 2003 Jul;9(4):200-6. doi: 10.1097/01.nrl.0000080951.78533.d1. PMID: 12864930

Clinical prediction guides

Theory of mind in epilepsy.
Watanabe RGS, Thais MERO, Marmentini EL, Freitas TG, Wolf P, Lin K
Epilepsy Behav 2024 Sep;158:109910. Epub 2024 Jul 2 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2024.109910. PMID: 38959746
Nonrapid Eye Movement Parasomnias.
Augustine A
J Clin Neurophysiol 2023 Mar 1;40(3):224-229. Epub 2022 Sep 20 doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000945. PMID: 36872501
Ictal crying.
Asadi-Pooya AA, Wyeth D, Sperling MR
Epilepsy Behav 2016 Jun;59:1-3. Epub 2016 Apr 13 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2016.03.012. PMID: 27084975
Sleep and epilepsy syndromes.
Schmitt B
Neuropediatrics 2015 Jun;46(3):171-80. Epub 2015 May 12 doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1551574. PMID: 25965811
Violence in sleep.
Siclari F, Khatami R, Urbaniok F, Nobili L, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Bassetti CL
Brain 2010 Dec;133(Pt 12):3494-509. doi: 10.1093/brain/awq296. PMID: 21126993

Recent systematic reviews

Posterior Cingulate Epilepsy: A Systematic Review.
Pepin C, Brochu K, Lessard-Bonaventure P, Nguyen DK, Martineau L
J Clin Neurophysiol 2023 Sep 1;40(6):507-515. Epub 2023 Mar 15 doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000975. PMID: 36930208
Prevalence and clinical characteristics of white matter hyperintensities in Migraine: A meta-analysis.
Zhang W, Cheng Z, Fu F, Zhan Z
Neuroimage Clin 2023;37:103312. Epub 2023 Jan 3 doi: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103312. PMID: 36610309Free PMC Article
Social Cognition in Temporal and Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: Systematic Review, Meta-analysis, and Clinical Recommendations.
Ziaei M, Arnold C, Thompson K, Reutens DC
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2023 Feb;29(2):205-229. Epub 2022 Mar 7 doi: 10.1017/S1355617722000066. PMID: 35249578
Frontal Lobe Epilepsy: A Primer for Psychiatrists and a Systematic Review of Psychiatric Manifestations.
Gold JA, Sher Y, Maldonado JR
Psychosomatics 2016 Sep-Oct;57(5):445-64. Epub 2016 May 16 doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2016.05.005. PMID: 27494984
Theory of Mind in Patients with Epilepsy: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Stewart E, Catroppa C, Lah S
Neuropsychol Rev 2016 Mar;26(1):3-24. Epub 2016 Jan 21 doi: 10.1007/s11065-015-9313-x. PMID: 26797753

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