DIFFICULTIES OF EARLY INFANTILE EPILEPTIC ENCEPHALOPATHY-9 DIAGNOSTIC

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy

Key-words Disease name / synonyms Definition / diagnostic criteria Differential diagnosis Etiology Clinical description Diagnostic methods Epidemiology Genetic counselling Treatment Unresolved questions References Abstract Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) or Ohtahara syndrome is the earliest form of agedependent encephalopathies, which include also West syndrome and Lennox-Gastau...

Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy Panel

12/17 Clinical Features and Molecular Genetics: Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE), also known as Ohtahara syndrome, is a severe form of epilepsy characterized by frequent tonic spasms with onset in the first months of life. EEG reveals suppression-burst patterns, characterized by highvoltage bursts alternating with almost flat suppression phases. Seizures are medically intractable...

CDKL5 Encephalopathy: A Rare Cause of Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy.

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathies

Epileptiform abnormalities contribute to progressive deterioration of cerebral function. Considered: Ohtahara Syndrome; Early myoclonic epileptic encephalopathy; West Syndrome; Dravet Syndrome; Myoclonic status in not progressive encephalopathies; CDKL5 encephalopaty. Ohtahara syndrome (OS) early infantile encephalopathy (EIEE). Most cases linked to cerebral malformations or very occasionally t...

Survey of Ten Cases of Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy (ohtahara Syndrome)

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy or EIEE (Ohtahara syndrome; OS) is a kind of intractable seizure that begins in neonatal age with sudden onset of tonic spasms in series or single suppression-burst S-B in EEG. Imaging shows anatomic defects such as migration disorders and generalized atrophy with essentially normal metabolic tests. The seizures often change to West’s syndrome (WS) or Le...