Dravet Syndrome: Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy or Severe Polymorphic Epilepsy of Infants Severe myoclonic epilepsy (SME) initially was mistakenly considered a form of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome because of the occurrence of…
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome The definition of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) remains debated. The syndrome was originally described in 1966 by H. Gastaut, who proposed the use of the term Lennox syndrome…
Infantile Spasms and Related Syndromes Infantile spasms (ISs) are a unique form of seizure disorder, the occurrence of which is limited almost entirely to infants during the first year of…
Classification of Epileptic Seizures and Epilepsies The need for a comprehensive classification of epileptic phenomena has been increasingly recognized. According to Masland (1974), “the development of a uniform and generally…
Epilepsy: Overview and Definitions The term epilepsy is loosely applied to a host of conditions that have in common only the propensity to the occurrence of paroxysmal clinical events known…
