sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy
Findings
No curated finding names sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A focal epilepsy syndrome with characteristic brief motor seizures occurring from sleep. This syndrome was previously known as nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, and (when familial) autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy. It has both genetic and structural causes. Patients may have hyperkinetic seizures, or seizures with asymmetric dystonic/tonic motor features. The term sleep-related hyperkinetic epilepsy is to be used when patients have hyperkinetic seizures alone.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0100631), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy
- Also called
- nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsySHE