Benign Rolandic Epilepsy Overview
Learn About Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
- Benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE)
- Benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECCT)
- Benign epilepsy with centro-temporal spikes (BECTS)
- Benign rolandic epilepsy of childhood (BREC)
Vidant Medical Group LLC
Joseph Ferrara is a Neurologist in Greenville, North Carolina. Dr. Ferrara and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Parkinson's Disease, Drug Induced Dyskinesia, Primary Orthostatic Tremor, and Focal Dystonia. Dr. Ferrara is currently accepting new patients.
Duke Health Integrated Practice Inc
Michael Pietak is a Neurologist in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Pietak and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. His top areas of expertise are Seizures, Generalized Tonic-Clonic Seizure, Memory Loss, and Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features. Dr. Pietak is currently accepting new patients.
Duke University Affiliated Physicians Inc
Isabella Bentsen is an Internal Medicine provider in Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Bentsen and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Benign Rolandic Epilepsy. Her top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Familial Hypertension, and Asthma in Children. Dr. Bentsen is currently accepting new patients.
Summary: Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is the most common pediatric epilepsy syndrome. Affected children typically have a mild seizure disorder, but yet have moderate difficulties with language, learning and attention that impact quality of life more than the seizures. Separate from the seizures, these children have very frequent abnormal activity in their brain known as interictal epi...
Summary: Self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) is the most frequent epilepsy syndrome in children between the ages of 4 and 13 years. SeLECTS is associated in 15 to 30% of patients with specific cognitive deficits, including in particular disorders in language, visuo-spatial memory, declarative memory, and attention. SeLECTS has the potential to evolve into Landau-Kleffner syndrome, th...
Published Date: May 02, 2022
Published By: Genetic and Rare Diseases Informnation Center