Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
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Lennox-Gastaut
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Lennox-Gastaut
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Lennox-Gastaut
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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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