Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a form of refractory childhood-onset epilepsy and is often accompanied by developmental delay and psychological/ behavioral problems. An electroencephalogram (EEG) often shows a slow spike and wave pattern.

Epidemiology

It often appears between the 2 and 6years of life and thereafter is characterized by frequent seizures (up to 200 times an hour ) of multiple types.

Associations

History and etymology

It is named after William G Lennox (1884-1960), a US neurologist, and Henri Gastaut (1915-1995)a French neurologist .

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