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Benign (no-familial) neonatal seizures versus Benign familial neonatal seizures
| Benign (non-familial) neonatal seizures | Benign familial neonatal seizures | |
| Main seizures | mostly clonic | tonic-clonic |
| Onset | Fifth day of life | Second or third day of life |
| Duration of seizures | Status epilepticus (median 20 hours) | Repetitive isolated seizures |
| Main causes | unknown,probably environmental | Autosomal dominant |
| Subsequent seizures | Practically nil(0.5%) | Relatively high (11%) |
| Psychomotor deficits | Minor | Practically non-existent |
| Ictal EEG | Usually localised spikes | Usually generalised flattening |
| Inter-ictal EEG | Usually theta pointu alternant | Normal or focal abnormalities |
From A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment by C. P. Panayiotopoulos
