TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) A1 - Fejerman, Natalio A1 - Gobbi, Giuseppe A1 - Grosso, Salvatore A2 - Duchowny, Michael A2 - Cross, J. Helen A2 - Arzimanoglou, Alexis PY - 2017 T2 - Pediatric Epilepsy AB - Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BCECTS) is among the most frequent benign focal epilepsies in childhood and accounts for about 15%–25% of all epileptic syndromes in children with ages between 4 and 12 years.1 The annual incidence ranges between 7.1 and 21 per 100,000 in children under the age of 15 years2 with a slight male predominance.3 Absence of neurological and intellectual deficits are part of the definition, even though BCECTS has also been reported in patients with neuroradiologically documented cerebral lesions.4,5 Genetic factors play an important etiological role, as corroborated by the higher incidence of positive family history for epilepsy and focal electroencephalographic (EEG) abnormalities in BCECTS patients.6 Linkage to chromosome 15q14 was pointed out,7 but not confirmed in several studies.8 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138410655 ER -