Kleffner Syndrome
Also written as LKS.
Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a rare condition of presumed autoimmune but sometimes also of genetic (GRIN2A mutations) etiology.\nIt is characterized by loss of language skills and by verbal auditory agnosia in a previously normal child.
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- Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a rare condition of presumed autoimmune but sometimes also of genetic (GRIN2A mutations) etiology.\nIt is characterized by loss of language skills and by verbal auditory agnosia in a previously normal child. (Convulsive Disorders)
- The spike discharges are always more apparent during non–rapid eye movement sleep; thus, a child in whom Landau-Kleffner syndrome is suspected should have an EEG during sleep. (Convulsive Disorders)
- due to phenothiazines, salicylates can cause seizures and so Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS), Benign epilepsy with (Devendra K. Gupta, Krishna M. Goel - Hutchison’s Paediatrics. chdhe-Jaypee Broth)