Treatment for LKS usually consists of medications, such as anticonvulsants and corticosteroids, and speech therapy, which should be started early. Another controversial treatment option involves a surgical technique called multiple subpial transection in which the pathways of abnormal electrical brain activity are severed. The prognosis for children with LKS varies. In some cases, remissions and relapse may occur. The prognosis is improved when the onset of the disorder is after age 6 and when speech therapy is started early.
Seizures generally disappear by adulthood.
This research is aimed at discovering new ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat epilepsy and developmental disorders and, ultimately, to find cures for them. An Eponymic Badge of Ignorance. Paquier, P, Van Dongen, H, and Loonen, M. The Landau-Kleffner Syndrome or Acquired Aphasia with Convulsive Disorder. This fact sheet is in the public domain. You may copy it.