loading...| Preferred Name |
Reflex epilepsy |
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| Definitions |
Reflex epilepsy refers to epilepsies where recurrent seizures are provoked by a clearly defined extrinsic (most commonly) or intrinsic triggering stimuli such as flashing lights (photosensitive epilepsy), startling noises (startle epilepsy), urinating (micturition induced seizures), exposure to hot-water (hot water epilepsy, see these terms), eating, reading, and thinking, while being associated with an enduring abnormal predisposition to have such seizures (thereby meeting the conceptual definition of epilepsy). |
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| ID |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_310 |
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| definition |
Reflex epilepsy refers to epilepsies where recurrent seizures are provoked by a clearly defined extrinsic (most commonly) or intrinsic triggering stimuli such as flashing lights (photosensitive epilepsy), startling noises (startle epilepsy), urinating (micturition induced seizures), exposure to hot-water (hot water epilepsy, see these terms), eating, reading, and thinking, while being associated with an enduring abnormal predisposition to have such seizures (thereby meeting the conceptual definition of epilepsy). |
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| definition_citation |
Orphanet |
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| expertlink |
https://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?Lng=en&Expert=310 |
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| has_age_of_onset |
Childhood |
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| hasDbXref |
ICD-11:8A61.40 MeSH:D020195 UMLS:C0270857 |
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| label |
Reflex epilepsy |
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| notation |
Clinical group ORPHA:310 |
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| prefixIRI |
ORDO:Orphanet_310 |
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| prefLabel |
Reflex epilepsy |
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| present_in |
Worldwide AND has_point_prevalence_range : Unknown |
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| subClassOf |
http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_98259 |