Clinical and electroencephalographic symptomatology of the genuine lennoxgastaut syndrome and its differentiation from other forms of epilepsy of early childhood. Most cases of lennoxgastaut syndrome are caused by an existing neurological abnormality. Usually, lgs persists through childhood and adolescence to adult years. Slow spike wave pattern in a 24yearold awake male with lennoxgastaut syndrome. Lennoxgastaut syndrome is a rare and severe kind of epilepsy that starts in childhood. Fue descrito por lennox y davis en 1950, y posteriormente gastaut y otros, en. Lennoxgastaut syndrome lgs is a severe form of childhood epilepsy with multiple types of seizures. I am a medical student and i q lennox wg the petit mal epilepsies. Antiepileptic drugs, cannabidiol and other alternatives. Lennoxgastaut syndrome, etiology, neuroimage, atonic crises, tonic crises. Having fun despite lennoxgastaut syndrome duration.
One of the most challenging areas in nosology is in the field of severe generalized epilepsy of early childhood. The lennoxgastaut syndrome is a severe form of chronic epileptic encephalopathy, characterized cli nically by the triad. The disorder likely has a genetic component, although the specific genetic factors are not well understood. Lennoxgastaut syndrome genetics home reference nih. Lennoxgastaut syndrome lgs is a complex, rare, and severe childhoodonset epilepsy. Lennoxgastaut syndrome lgs, or childhood epileptic encephalopathy, is a pediatric epilepsy syndrome characterized by multiple seizure types.
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