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gelastic seizure

rare type of seizure that involves a sudden burst of energy, usually in the form of laughing or crying
Class type of: epilepsy syndrome, focal epilepsy Q5530367

Facts

3 properties
Instance of
class of disease
Subclass of
epilepsy syndrome, focal epilepsy
Health specialty
neurology[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en gelastic epilepsy en Gelastic seizure el Γελαστική κρίση es Epilepsia gelástica fr crise gélastique fr épilepsie gélastique he התקף גלאסטי ja 笑い発作 th ชักแบบหัวเราะ
🔖 Identifiers · 4
OpenAlex ID
C2779449703
Human Phenotype Ontology ID
HP:0010821
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2779449703
UMLS CUI
C0270820

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🔗 Connections
Health specialty 1
neurology
Instance of 1
disease
Subclass of 1
focal epilepsy
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Summary

gelastic seizure is a class of disease[1]. It is a type of epilepsy syndrome[2] and focal epilepsy[3].

Related Entities

disease neurology

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · ACorrêa (WMB) · 2026-10-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Human Phenotype Ontology ID → HP:0010821
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'es', 'he', 'ja', 'th']
    Claims rich → —
    Name → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/61242|batch #61242]]: HPO ID through mesh or umls"
  2. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Health specialty → neurology
    Subclass of → epilepsy syndrome, focal epilepsy
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39873|batch #39873]]: P31 = "type of disease""
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