A 5-month-old with intractable epilepsy.
The nosology of early infantile seizures and epilepsy syndromes is controversial. There are two age-related early infantile epileptic encephalopathy syndromes that are characterized by early onset of spasms, a burst-suppression EEG pattern, poor response to treatment, and poor prognosis. This paper examines the early myoclonic epilepsies.
Kelley
K R
KR
Department of Neurology, Montefiore/Einstein Epilepsy Management Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Shinnar
S
S
Moshé
S L
SL
D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000150:complications; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome