Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures: A rare dominantly inherited form of seizures that occurs during the first year of life. The seizures tend to occur in clusters. The seizures involved limb twitching, averted head, eye-blinking and lip smacking. No neurological or developmental problems are associated with this disorder. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures is available below.
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Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures, or a subtype of Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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