Affected children, who have no other health or developmental problems, develop seizures during infancy.
Sodium channel blockers in particular have been shown to be effective for benign infantile epilepsy.
[3] This form of epilepsy resolves after one or two years, and appears to be completely benign.
With benign familial infantile epilepsy, the seizures onset from four to eight months of age.
Called benign infantile focal epilepsy with midline spikes and waves during sleep, these infants have few seizures and there may often be a family history.