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Examples of epilepsy syndromes according to age of onset
| Neonatal |
| Benign familial neonatal epilepsy (BFNE) |
| Infancy |
| West syndromea |
| Dravet syndromea |
| Childhood |
| Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+) |
| Childhood absence epilepsy |
| Lennox–Gastaut syndromea |
| Landau–Kleffner syndromea |
| Adolescence and adulthood |
| Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy |
aConsidered an “epileptic encephalopathy,” whereby seizures themselves contribute to cognitive impairment.
