TY - JOUR
T1 - Epilepsy Syndromes in Infancy
AU - Korff, Christian M.
AU - Nordli, Douglas R.
N1 - Funding Information:
Christian Korff, MD is the recipient of a scholarship from the Eugenio Litta Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - An increasing number of infantile epilepsy syndromes have been recognized. However, a significant number of infants (children aged 1-24 months) do not fit in any of the currently used subcategories. This article reviews the clinical presentation, electroencephalographic findings, evolution, and management of the following entities: early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early myoclonic epilepsy, infantile spasms/West syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, myoclonic-astatic epilepsy, generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy, hemiconvulsions-hemiplegia-epilepsy, benign myoclonic epilepsy, and benign familial/nonfamilial infantile seizures. Issues related to their classification are addressed.
AB - An increasing number of infantile epilepsy syndromes have been recognized. However, a significant number of infants (children aged 1-24 months) do not fit in any of the currently used subcategories. This article reviews the clinical presentation, electroencephalographic findings, evolution, and management of the following entities: early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early myoclonic epilepsy, infantile spasms/West syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, myoclonic-astatic epilepsy, generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus, malignant migrating partial seizures of infancy, hemiconvulsions-hemiplegia-epilepsy, benign myoclonic epilepsy, and benign familial/nonfamilial infantile seizures. Issues related to their classification are addressed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.005
DO - 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2005.08.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 16638498
AN - SCOPUS:33646081041
SN - 0887-8994
VL - 34
SP - 253
EP - 263
JO - Pediatric neurology
JF - Pediatric neurology
IS - 4
ER -