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Clinical and Electroencephalographic Study of Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (Dravet)

Clinical and Electroencephalographic Study of Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (Dravet) Michiko Sugama, M.D., Hirokazu Oguni, M.D. and Yukio Fukuyama, M.D. Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical College finitions. The SME cases were further divided into two groups according to their response to photic stimulation. Results SME: SME showed a frequent family history, especially the PS ( ) groups (Fig. 1). The onset age of epilepsy was 3 to 11 months; most cases showed prior to 6 months of age (15/20). They had many hemiconvulsions or status epilepticus. A few years later, minor seizures (MMS: minor motor seizure) occurred between 10 months and 2 years and 9 months of age. The minor seizures mean atypical absence, myoclonic seizure and myoclonic absence. The other seizure types included complex partial seizure and partial seizure. Hyperthermia Introduction Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SME), first reported by Dravet in 1978, is a condition recently recognized as a distinct subtype of epilepsies characterized by clinical features and electroencephalographic findings. We retrospectively reviewed our personal 20 cases which fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for SME described below. The study also included another 12 cases which resembled SME but were distinguished from it by the lack of remarkable abnormal EEG findings (fast spike-wave complex) and by having http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Wiley

Clinical and Electroencephalographic Study of Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (Dravet)

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Copyright © 1987 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1323-1316
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1440-1819
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10.1111/j.1440-1819.1987.tb01729.x
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Michiko Sugama, M.D., Hirokazu Oguni, M.D. and Yukio Fukuyama, M.D. Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical College finitions. The SME cases were further divided into two groups according to their response to photic stimulation. Results SME: SME showed a frequent family history, especially the PS ( ) groups (Fig. 1). The onset age of epilepsy was 3 to 11 months; most cases showed prior to 6 months of age (15/20). They had many hemiconvulsions or status epilepticus. A few years later, minor seizures (MMS: minor motor seizure) occurred between 10 months and 2 years and 9 months of age. The minor seizures mean atypical absence, myoclonic seizure and myoclonic absence. The other seizure types included complex partial seizure and partial seizure. Hyperthermia Introduction Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (SME), first reported by Dravet in 1978, is a condition recently recognized as a distinct subtype of epilepsies characterized by clinical features and electroencephalographic findings. We retrospectively reviewed our personal 20 cases which fulfilled the diagnostic criteria for SME described below. The study also included another 12 cases which resembled SME but were distinguished from it by the lack of remarkable abnormal EEG findings (fast spike-wave complex) and by having

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Published: Sep 1, 1987

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