SELF-LIMITED FAMILIAL NEONATAL-INFANTILE EPILEPSY (SeLFNIE)

• Self-limited familial neonatal epilepsy and self-limited familial infantile epilepsy: the distinction is made on the age at seizure onset in all affected family members
• As acute provoked seizures are common, the individual (and affected family members if familial) should be screened to exclude acute causes e.g. hypoxia-ischemia, bleed, infection, stroke etc
• The individual (and affected family members if familial) should be screened to exclude a structural cause e.g. focal cortical dysplasia
• Familial focal epilepsy with variable foci is distinguished by a family history of individuals with focal seizures that continue past the neonatal-infantile period