| Metadata | |
|---|---|
| ID | DOID:2234 |
| Name | focal epilepsy |
| Definition | An epilepsy syndrome that is characterized by seizures that are preceded by an isolated disturbance of a cerebral function and arise from an epileptic focus, a small portion of the brain that serves as the irritant driving the epileptic response. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_epilepsy, http://www.aafp.org/afp/2001/0701/p91.html |
| Xrefs |
SNOMEDCT_US_2023_03_01:230381009 |
| Subsets |
NCIthesaurus |
| Synonyms |
localisation-related epilepsy [EXACT] partial epilepsy [EXACT] |
| Parent Relationships |
is_a epilepsy |