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A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their TreatmentEpileptic encephalopathies in infancy and early childhood

A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their Treatment: Epileptic encephalopathies in... [Epileptic encephalopathies are severe brain disorders in which the epileptic electrical discharges may contribute to progressive psychomotor dysfunction.1–14 They start at an early age and manifest with electrographic EEG paroxysmal activity that is often aggressive; seizures that are commonly multiform and intractable; cognitive, behavioural and neurological deficits that may be relentless; and sometimes early death.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Clinical Guide to Epileptic Syndromes and their TreatmentEpileptic encephalopathies in infancy and early childhood

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Springer London
Copyright
© Springer-Verlag London 2010
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978-1-84628-643-8
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275 –326
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10.1007/978-1-84628-644-5_10
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Abstract

[Epileptic encephalopathies are severe brain disorders in which the epileptic electrical discharges may contribute to progressive psychomotor dysfunction.1–14 They start at an early age and manifest with electrographic EEG paroxysmal activity that is often aggressive; seizures that are commonly multiform and intractable; cognitive, behavioural and neurological deficits that may be relentless; and sometimes early death.]

Published: Apr 26, 2010

Keywords: Status Epilepticus; Infantile Spasm; Epileptic Encephalopathy; Epileptic Syndrome; West Syndrome

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