Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Focal cognitive seizure with deja vu/jamais vu

HP:0012004

What it means

A focal cognitive seizure characterized by memory phenomena such as feelings of familiarity (deja vu) and unfamiliarity (jamais vu) as the initial semiological manifestation.

See the Glossary of Descriptive Terminology for Ictal Semiology at http://www.ilae.org.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Mnemonic aura · Mnemonic auras

Focal cognitive seizure

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.