Landau-Kleffner syndrome
Last reviewed 01/2018
Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a degenerative neurological disease of unknown aetiology seen in children between the ages of three and nine years.
The onset is rapid, with the development of:
- aphasia, in the face of previously normal speech and language
- seizures in 80% of patient, which can be focal or generalized
There is a typical EEG, with posterior temporal and parietal spike foci.