Sleep in Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome: A Scoping Review [PDF]
ChildrenBackground and Objective: Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe developmental and epileptic encephalopathy characterized by multiple seizure types, distinctive electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities, and cognitive impairment.
Debopam Samanta
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Update on the management of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with a focus on rufinamide
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2009 Carl E StafstromSection of Pediatric Neurology, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USAObjective: This review summarizes the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, an
Carl E Stafstrom
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Lennox-gastaut syndrome in a pediatric patient with prader-willi syndrome: A case report and review
Brain DisordersPrader-Willi Syndrome is typically caused by paternal deletion of chromosome 15q11-q13. It involves multiple systems and is commonly associated with hypotonia, global developmental delay, and endocrine abnormalities. Seizures are less frequently reported
Raidah Albaradie +3 more
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Prevalence of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in Atlanta
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1998 The prevalence and epidemiology of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) among metropolitan Atlanta children were studied at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USPHS, Atlanta, GA, using data from the ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Effects of barbexaclone on Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 1978 The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome has been a source of interest for many workers both from a clinical and electroencephalographic view point. Treatment has always posed problems.
Clovis Oliveira +4 more
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Forced normalization after turning off vagus nerve stimulation in Lennox–Gastaut syndrome
Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports, 2019 Forced normalization is the development of psychiatric symptoms in a patient experiencing remission of seizures. We present a case of Lennox Gastaut syndrome in which forced normalization developed after vagus nerve stimulation was stopped.The patient ...
Sydney Lee +5 more
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Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Journal of Child Neurology, 2017 Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe form of childhood-onset epilepsy associated with high morbidity and mortality. The peak period for manifestations of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is between ages 3 and 5 years, a time of critical brain development ...
Raj D Sheth
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Adjunctive Levetiracetam Treatment in Pediatric Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
Pediatric Neurology, 2014 BACKGROUND: Our aim was to investigate the efficacy and tolerability of levetiracetam as an add-on treatment in pediatric patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Shin Hye Kim +2 more
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A comparison of seizure outcome after callosotomy in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome and a positive or negative history for West syndrome [PDF]
Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, 2006 SummaryPurposeThis retrospective study was designed to clarify the role of West syndrome in post-callosotomy seizure outcome in patients with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome.MethodsFrom September 1989 to May 1999, 74 patients diagnosed with Lennox–Gastaut ...
Tai-Tong Wong +2 more
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Ketogenic Diet and Hormonal Therapy in Prevention of Evolution of West Syndrome to Lennox-Gastaut
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2009 Medical records of 98 patients diagnosed with West syndrome and monitored at Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea, for at least 3 years were retrospectively reviewed to assess etiology, age at onset, value of various therapies, and the rate of evolution ...
J Gordon Millichap
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