Unilateral chronic focal encephalitis with intractable seizures.
- Specialty
- Neurology
- Subspecialty
- Neurology / Autoimmune neurology
- Sex & age distribution
- Male: affected; Female: affected; Children: yes, 6–10 years
- Gene(s) involved
- None recorded
- Alternative names & eponyms
- Chronic focal encephalitis
Etiology & mechanism
Cytotoxic T-cell-mediated cortical destruction.
Gene(s) involved (0)
No gene recorded for this syndrome.
Symptoms & signs (5)
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3 shared
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cognitive decline, epilepsia partialis continua, focal seizures
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cognitive decline
1 shared
MELAS syndrome
cognitive decline
1 shared
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cognitive decline
1 shared
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cognitive decline
1 shared
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cognitive decline
1 shared
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cognitive decline
Shares genes with
None.
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