Publication: Lennox Gastaut Syndrome: A Case Report
Date
2010
Article Type
Case Report
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
Volume Title
Pages
Pages: 50 - 52
Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe form of childhood epilepsy that is defined by generalized multiple type seizures, slowness of intellectual growth, and a specific EEG disturbance. Children affected might previously have infantile spasms or underlying brain disorder but etiology can be idiopathic. LGS seizures are often treatment resistant and the long term prognosis is poor.
Description
Merina Shrestha
Teaching Assistant, Department of Child Health, (Institute of Medicine) Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Laxman Shrestha
Associate Professor, Department of Child Health, (Institute of Medicine) Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Prakash Sundar Shrestha
Professor, Department of Child Health, (Institute of Medicine) Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Keywords
epilepsy, intellectual growth
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v30i1.2461