Rasmussen’s Encephalitis (Chronic Focal Encephalitis) François Dubeau Frédérick Andermann Heinz Wiendl Amit Bar-Or Introduction Chronic encephalitis is a relentlessly progressive disorder of childhood, associated with hemispheric atrophy, severe intractable focal…
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and CSWS Michael C. Smith Charles E. Polkey Introduction Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS) and the syndrome of continuous spikes-and-waves during slow sleep (CSWS) were described independently and have been…
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Pierre Genton Charlotte Dravet Introduction Among childhood epilepsies, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is one of the most severe. It is characterized clinically by frequent seizures, including sudden falls, marked…
Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absences Carlo Alberto Tassinari Roberto Michelucci Elena Gardella Guido Rubboli Introduction Epilepsy with myoclonic absences (MAs) is an epileptic syndrome characterized clinically by absence seizures associated with…
Childhood and Juvenile Absence Epilepsies Edouard Hirsch Pierre Thomas Chrysostomos P. Panayiotopoulos Introduction Typical Absences: The Symptoms Typical absences (TAs) are epileptic seizures manifested by impairment of consciousness and 2.5-…
Late-onset Childhood Occipital Epilepsy (Gastaut Type) Giuseppe Gobbi Renzo Guerrini Salvatore Grosso Introduction Occipital epilepsies commonly start in childhood or adolescence and include two etiologic groups: Symptomatic and idiopathic epilepsies….
Early-onset Benign Childhood Occipital Epilepsy (Panayiotopoulos Type) Natalio Fejerman Introduction In the first edition of this book, only a few lines mentioned this condition under the heading of Childhood Epilepsy…
Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes Natalio Fejerman Introduction The recognition that some epilepsies in children have focal clinical manifestations and unilateral electroencephalographic (EEG) discharges with benign evolution has been…
Overview: Syndromes of Late Childhood and Adolescence Jean Aicardi Introduction The incidence of epilepsy declines after the first few years of life but remains higher than in adults.21 Greater maturity…
Myoclonic Status in Nonprogressive Encephalopathy Bernardo Dalla Bernardina Introduction Despite the existence in the literature of proof of the possible occurrence in infants and young children of an absence status…
