Expert opinion on the management of Lennox–Gastaut syndrome: treatment algorithms and practical considerations

JH Cross, S Auvin, M Falip, P Striano… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe epileptic and developmental encephalopathy
that is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. It is characterized by multiple …

Encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during slow sleep or ESES syndrome including the acquired aphasia

CA Tassinari, G Rubboli, L Volpi, S Meletti… - Clinical …, 2000 - Elsevier
Encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during sleep or ESES is an age-dependent
and self-limited syndrome whose distinctive features include a characteristic age of onset …

GRIN2A mutations in acquired epileptic aphasia and related childhood focal epilepsies and encephalopathies with speech and language dysfunction

G Lesca, G Rudolf, N Bruneau, N Lozovaya… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Epileptic encephalopathies are severe brain disorders with the epileptic component
contributing to the worsening of cognitive and behavioral manifestations. Acquired epileptic …

Role of interictal epileptiform abnormalities in cognitive impairment

GL Holmes, PP Lenck-Santini - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2006 - Elsevier
The epileptic encephalopathies are conditions in which neurological deterioration is
attributable entirely or partly to epileptic activity and is due to very frequent or severe …

Cognitive impairment during epileptiform discharges: is it ever justifiable to treat the EEG?

CD Binnie - The Lancet Neurology, 2003 - thelancet.com
Epileptiform EEG discharges are not confined to people with epilepsy, and their frequency is
only weakly related to severity. A fundamental principle of EEG practice is, therefore, to …

Neuropsychological disorders related to interictal epileptic discharges during sleep in benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal or Rolandic spikes

MG Baglietto, FM Battaglia, L Nobili… - … medicine and child …, 2001 - cambridge.org
Nine children (five males, four females; age range 6 years 1 month to 11 years 1 month)
affected by benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal or Rolandic spikes (BECRS) …

Treatment of electrical status epilepticus in sleep: a pooled analysis of 575 cases

B Van Den Munckhof, V Van Dee, L Sagi… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Epileptic encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES) is a
pediatric epilepsy syndrome with sleep‐induced epileptic discharges and acquired …

Atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood

J Aicardi, JJ Chevrie - Developmental Medicine & Child …, 1982 - Wiley Online Library
Seven children with an unusual epileptic syndrome are reported. The main clinical features
in each patient included onset between 21/2 and six years of age; the occurence of several …

Epileptic encephalopathies of the Landau‐Kleffner and continuous spike and waves during slow‐wave sleep types: Genomic dissection makes the link with autism

G Lesca, G Rudolf, A Labalme, E Hirsch… - …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The continuous spike and waves during slow‐wave sleep syndrome (CSWSS) and
the Landau‐Kleffner (LKS) syndrome are two rare epileptic encephalopathies sharing …

Clinical spectrum and medical treatment of children with electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES)

U Kramer, L Sagi, H Goldberg‐Stern, N Zelnik… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Purposes: To describe the clinical spectrum and to evaluate the efficacy of different
therapeutic agents in children with electrical status epilepticus in sleep (ESES). Methods …