title: The role of tiagabine in the treatment of intractable epilepsy of childhood with multifocal independent spikes: a case report.
abstract: Multifocal independent spike syndrome (MISS) is an identifiable electroclinical syndrome, which combines intractable motor seizures, mental retardation and multifocal independent spike discharges. Similarities to the Lennox Gastaut syndrome cause frequent misdiagnosis; however, MISS is a distinct electroclinical syndrome in children with a better prognosis and a different EEG pattern. We report an 8-year-old boy with MISS, whose intractable seizures were completely controlled for the first time with tiagabine as add-on therapy. Tiagabine should be studied further in the treatment of intractable multiple seizures of childhood.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Neurology, SUNY Health Science Center at Brooklyn, USA.
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Akman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schubert
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009557:Nipecotic Acids / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000078308:Tiagabine; D014635:Valproic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D009557:Nipecotic Acids; D014635:Valproic Acid; D000078308:Tiagabine