Atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood (pseudo-Lennox syndrome): Report of two brothers

Neurology India

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-339

  Deda, G ^a   Caksen, H ^a  

^a Turan Emeksiz sok 8/11 ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atypical partial benign epilepsy; Immune globulin; Lamotrigine; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; BARBEXACLONE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ABSENCE; ARTICLE; ATONIC SEIZURE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PREFERENCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MONOTHERAPY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; REMISSION; SEIZURE; SLEEP; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; TRIAZINES; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0036756070     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Aicardi J, Chevrie JJ : Atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood. Dev Med Child Neurol 1982; 24 : 281-292.
2. Doose H, Baier WK : Benign partial epilepsy and related condition : multifactorial pathogenesis with hereditary impairment of brain mutation. Eur J Pediatr 1989; 149 : 152-158.
3. Gross-Selbeck G : Idiopathic epilepsy with generalised seizures in early childhood. Monatsschr Kinderheilkd 1992; 140 : 451-456.
4. Deonna T, Ziegler AL, Despland PA : Combined myoclonicastatic and 'benign' focal epilepsy of childhood ('Atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood'). A separate syndrome? Neuropediatrics 1986; 17 : 144-151.
5. Nieto-Barrera M, Aguilar-Quero F, Montes E et al : Epileptic syndromes which show continuous spike and wake complexes during slow wave sleep. Rev Neurol 1997; 25 : 1045-1051.
6. Yoshimura K, Hamada F, Morita H et al : Identical twins with atypical benign partial epilepsy. No To Hattatsu 1993; 25 : 283-288.
7. Aicardi J, Bax M, Gillberg C et al : Diseases of the nervous system in childhood 2nd ed. Mac Keith Press. London. 1998; 575-637.
8. Rodriguez-Barrionuevo AC, Bauzano-Poley E, Delgado-Marques MP et al : Atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood. Clinical follow-up EEG study of 3 patients. Rev Neurol 1998; 26 : 197-204.
9. Doose H, Baier WK : A genetically determined basic mechanism in benign partial epilepsies and related non-convulsive conditions. Epilepsy Res Suppl 1991; 4 : 113-118.
10. Gross-Selbeck G : Treatment of 'benign' partial epilepsies of childhood, including atypical forms. Neuropediatrics 1995; 26 : 45-50.
11. Roz Perez P, Zamarron Cuesta I, Aparicio Meix M et al : Evaluation of the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet with medium-chain triglycerides in the treatment of refractory epilepsy in children. Apropos of a series of cases. An Esp Pediatr 1989; 30 : 155-158.