title: [Clinical case of the month. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy in a young child (MAE) or Doose syndrome].
abstract: Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) belongs to the epilepsies with generalized seizures. MAE occurs in 1-2% of all childhood epilepsies up to age 9. This disease is characterized by various clinical and EEG criteria. The course of this epileptic syndrome is variable but influenced by an early diagnosis and by a specific treatment.
authors.affiliation: CHR de la Citadelle-CHU Sart Tilman, Unité d'Epileptologie, Liège.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dubru
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bricteux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Panagopoulos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Makanda
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011379:Prognosis
vernacular_title: Le cas clinique du mois. Epilepsie myoclono-astatique du jeune enfant (EMA) ou syndrome de Doose.