benign idiopathic neonatal seizures
Findings
No curated finding names benign idiopathic neonatal seizures yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare neonatal epilepsy syndrome characterized by seizures without specific underlying etiology, occurring during the first days of life in infants with an otherwise normal neurological state and no family history of neonatal convulsions. The most commonly partial and clonic seizures usually last for one to three minutes. Repeated seizures may lead to status epilepticus lasting up to 20 hours. Overall, remission rates are high and neurological outcome is favorable.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018981), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
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Resolves to: benign idiopathic neonatal seizures
- Also called
- benign nonfamilial neonatal seizuresBINS