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[Comparison between the epileptic manifestation of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with and without previous West syndrome]. 1976

J G Speciali, and M P Lison

Cclinical and electroencephalographic aspects of twenty seven (27) patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome were studied (20 without previous West syndrome, group A, and 7 with this antecedent, group B). The epileptic seizures were characterized through descriptions made by relatives who were in close contact with the patients, and also by direct observation by the author in the clinic. The direct observation was possible due to high frequency rates of the seizures. Different clinical patterns were observed in patients who had and who had not previous history of West syndrome. The analysis of these differences permitted the identification of two groups of patients, although both of them had sharp and slow waves in the EEG. The clinical picture of each group was interpreted as the result of the stage of cerebral maturation at the time the diffuse epileptic encephalopathy occurred.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004569	Electroencephalography	Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain.	EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D004832	Epilepsy, Absence	A seizure disorder usually occurring in childhood characterized by rhythmic electrical brain discharges of generalized onset. Clinical features include a sudden cessation of ongoing activity usually without loss of postural tone. Rhythmic blinking of the eyelids or lip smacking frequently accompanies the SEIZURES. The usual duration is 5-10 seconds, and multiple episodes may occur daily. Juvenile absence epilepsy is characterized by the juvenile onset of absence seizures and an increased incidence of myoclonus and tonic-clonic seizures. (Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, p736)	Akinetic Petit Mal,Epilepsy, Minor,Petit Mal Epilepsy,Pyknolepsy,Absence Seizure Disorder,Childhood Absence Epilepsy,Epilepsy Juvenile Absence,Epilepsy, Absence, Atypical,Epilepsy, Petit Mal,Juvenile Absence Epilepsy,Pykno-Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder, Absence,Absence Epilepsy,Absence Epilepsy, Childhood,Absence Epilepsy, Juvenile,Absence Seizure Disorders,Epilepsy, Childhood Absence,Epilepsy, Juvenile Absence,Minor Epilepsy,Petit Mal, Akinetic,Pykno Epilepsy,Pyknolepsies,Seizure Disorders, Absence
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013036	Spasms, Infantile	An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)	Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms,Hypsarrhythmia,Infantile Spasms,Jackknife Seizures,Nodding Spasm,Salaam Seizures,Spasmus Nutans,Symptomatic Infantile Spasms,West Syndrome,Cryptogenic West Syndrome,Lightning Attacks,Salaam Attacks,Symptomatic West Syndrome,Attack, Lightning,Attacks, Lightning,Attacks, Salaam,Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm,Hypsarrhythmias,Infantile Spasm,Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic,Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic,Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic,Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic,Jackknife Seizure,Lightning Attack,Nodding Spasms,Seizure, Jackknife,Seizures, Jackknife,Seizures, Salaam,Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile,Spasm, Nodding,Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile,Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile,Spasms, Nodding,Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile,Symptomatic Infantile Spasm,Syndrome, Cryptogenic West,Syndrome, Symptomatic West,Syndrome, West,West Syndrome, Cryptogenic,West Syndrome, Symptomatic