title: The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and its frontiers.
abstract: After a brief discussion of the historical aspects of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, the electroencephalographic, epileptological and other clinical characteristics are presented. This severe and almost intractable seizure disorder must be distinguished from a variety of other epileptic conditions which may electroencephalographically mimic the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome