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Rare Disease

childhood occipital visual epilepsy

MONDO:0020308

Also known as:COVEbenign childhood occipital epilepsy, Gastaut typechildhood occipital epilepsy (Gastaut type)

Overview

A rare, genetic neurological disorder characterized by childhood to mid-adolescence onset of frequent, brief, diurnal simple partial seizures which usually begin with visual hallucinations (e.g. phosphenes) and/or ictal blindness and may associate non visual seizures (such as deviation of the eyes, oculoclonic seizures), forced eyelid closure and blinking and sensory hallucinations. Post-ictal headache is common while impairment of consciousness is rare.

ResearchLimited published research (2 articles)

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for childhood occipital visual epilepsy.

2 publications have been identified in PubMed for childhood occipital visual epilepsy. Research spans Basic Science / Preclinical (50%) and Epidemiology / Natural History (50%).

Recent Publications

Atacan Yaşgüçlükal M (2026). [PMID: 41032687](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41032687/). *Clin EEG Neurosci*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]
İriş M (2026). [PMID: 41570778](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41570778/). *Seizure*. [Basic Science / Preclinical]

Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 2:54 PM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:98816

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:19582

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childhood occipital visual epilepsy

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