In:
Journal of Child Neurology, SAGE Publications, Vol. 22, No. 5 ( 2007-05), p. 631-634
Kurzfassung:
Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, or Ohtahara syndrome, is characterized by tonic spasms and a suppression-burst pattern on the electroencephalography (EEG). The EEG demonstrates a suppression-burst pattern during waking and sleeping states that often evolves into hypsarrhythmia and followed later by a diffuse slow spike-wave pattern. In other patients, the EEG evolves into focal spike discharges or multiple independent spike foci. We report a 5-year-old girl with Ohtahara syndrome that persistently demonstrated tonic spasms and suppression-burst on multiple EEGs. Over her lifetime, neither hypsarrhythmia nor diffuse slow spike-wave pattern were seen. This suggests that in Ohtahara syndrome, a suppression-burst pattern can persist over a long period of time.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0883-0738
,
1708-8283
DOI:
10.1177/0883073807303220
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
SAGE Publications
Publikationsdatum:
2007
ZDB Id:
2068710-2
