Epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures

Description

Epilepsy syndrome with onset between the first week of life and seven months of intractable, polymorphous focal seizures. Psychomotor development progressively deteriorates. A mutation of SCN1A may be found. The EEG shows multifocal, varying sites of seizure onset, and diffuse slowing.

Coding note from above levels

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Index terms

Epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures

Exclusions from above levels

MG45 – Syncope
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

8A61.10 – Benign familial infantile epilepsy
8A61.11 – Dravet syndrome
8A61.1Y – Other specified genetic epileptic syndromes with onset in infancy
8A61.1Z – Genetic epileptic syndromes with onset in infancy, unspecified

Foundation entity

Epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1727727812

Allowed postcoordination axes

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Part of: 8A61.1: Genetic epileptic syndromes with onset in infancy › 8A61: Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed as epilepsy › 08: Diseases of the nervous system