JLE

Epileptic Disorders

MENU

All children who experience epileptic falls do not necessarily have Lennox-Gastaut syndrome... but many do Volume 13, supplément 1, Sup Mars 2011

J Aicardi, J.J. Chevrie Myoclonic epilepsies of childhood Neuropadiatrie 1971; 3: 177-190.

Aicardi J, Gomes AL. Clinical and EEG symptomatology of the “genuine” Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and its differentiation from other forms of epilepsy in early childhood. In: Degen R, ed. The benign localized and generalized epilepsies of early childhood. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1992: 185-93.

WF Arts, A.T. Geerts When to start drug treatment for childhood epilepsy: the clinical-epidemiological evidence Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2009; 13: 93-101.

A Arzimanoglou, R Guerrini, J. Aicardi Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Aicardi's Epilepsy in Children 2004; 3rd edition Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia 38–50.

A Arzimanoglou, R Guerrini, J. Aicardi Epilepsies with predominantly myoclonic seizures Aicardi's Epilepsy in Children 2004; 3rd edition Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Philadelphia 58–80.

A. Arzimanoglou Dravet syndrome: from electroclinical characteristics to molecular biology Epilepsia 2009; 50: Suppl. 8 3-9.

A Arzimanoglou, J French, WT Blume et al. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a consensus approach on diagnosis, assessment, management, and trial methodology Lancet Neurol 2009; 8: 82-93.

G Bauer, F Aichner, L. Saltuari Epilepsies with diffuse slow spikes and waves of late onset Eur Neurol 1983; 22: 344-350.

Beaumanoir A. The Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome. In : Roger J, Bureau M, Dravet C, et al, eds. Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence. London: John Libbey, 1985: 89-99.

Beaumanoir A, Dravet C. The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In: Roger J, Bureau M, Dravet C, et al, eds. Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence. London: John Libbey, 1992: 115-32.

WT Blume, HO Lüders, E Mizrahi, C Tassinari, W van Emde Boas, J. Engel Jr Glossary of descriptive terminology for ictal semiology: report of the ILAE task force on classification and terminology Epilepsia 2001; 42: 1212-1218.

P Camfield, C. Camfield Epileptic syndromes in childhood: clinical features, outcomes, and treatment Epilepsia 2002; 43: Suppl. 3 27-32.

Campos-Castelló J. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Orphanet Encyclopedia. September 2004. Available at: http://www.orpha.net/data/patho/GB/uk-Lennox.pdf. Accessed 16 December 2010.

G.B. Cavazzuti Epidemiology of different types of epilepsy in school age children of Modena, Italy Epilepsia 1980; 21: 57-62.

JJ Chevrie, J. Aicardi Childhood epileptic encephalopathy with slow spike-wave. A statistical study of 80 cases Epilepsia 1972; 13: 259-271.

C. Chiron Stiripentol Neurotherapeutics 2007; 4: 123-125.

C Chiron, MC Marchand, A Tran et al. Stiripentol in severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy: a randomised placebo-controlled syndrome-dedicated trial, STICLO study group Lancet 2000; 356: 1638-1642.

C Chiron, S Tonnelier, E Rey et al. Stiripentol in childhood partial epilepsy: randomized placebo-controlled trial with enrichment and withdrawal design J Child Neurol 2006; 21: 496-502.

L Claes, J Del-Favero, B Ceulemans, L Lagae, C Van Broeckhoven, P. De Jonghe De novo mutations in the sodium-channel gene SCN1A cause severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy Am J Hum Genet 2001; 68: 1327-1332.

JA Conry, YT Ng, JM Paolicchi, L Kernitsky et al. Clobazam in the treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Epilepsia 2009; 50: 1158-1166.

Doose H. Myoclonic astatic epilepsy of early childhood. In: Roger J, Bureau M, Dravet CH, et al, eds. Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence. 2nd edition. London: John Libbey & Company, 1992: 103-14.

C. Dravet Les épilepsies graves de l’enfant Vie Med 1978; 8: 543-548.

Dravet C, Roger J, Bureau M, Dalla Bernardina B. Myoclonic epilepsies in childhood. In: Akimoto H, Kazamatsuri H, Seino M, et al., eds. Advances in epileptology, XIIIth Epilepsy International Symposium. New York: Raven Press, 1982: 135-40.

Dravet C, Bureau M, Guerrini R, et al. Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infants. In: Roger J, Bureau M, Dravet CH, et al., eds. Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence. 2nd edition. London: John Libbey & Company, 1992: 75-88.

Dravet C, Bureau M, Oguni H, et al. Severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy (Dravet syndrome). In: Roger J, Bureau M, Dravet C, et al., eds. Epileptic syndromes in infancy, childhood and adolescence. 3rd ed. London: John Libbey, 2002: 81-103.

O Dulac, T. N’Guyen The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Epilepsia 1993; 34: Suppl. 7 S7-S17.

Felbamate Study Group in Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Efficacy of felbamate in childhood epileptic encephalopathy (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome) N Engl J Med 1993; 328: 29-33.

CD Ferrie, A. Patel Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2009; 13: 493-504.

JA French, AM Kanner, J Bautista et al. Efficacy and tolerability of the new antiepileptic drugs II: treatment of refractory epilepsy: report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee and Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society Neurology 2004; 62: 1261-1273.

Gastaut H, Dravet C, Loubier D. Evolution clinique et pronostic du syndrome de Lennox-Gastaut. In: Lugaresi E, Pazzaglia P, Tassinari CA, eds. Evolution and prognosis of epilepsies. Bologna: Aulo Gaggi, 1973: 133-54.

Genton P, Guerrini R, Dravet C. The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In: Meinardi H (ed). Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Vol 73 (29): The Epilepsies, Part II. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2000: 211-22.

G Geoffroy, M Lassonde, F Delisle, M. Décarie Corpus callosotomy for control of intractable epilepsy in children Neurology 1983; 33: 891-897.

Giovanardi-Rossi P, Gobbi G, Melideo G, et al. Myoclonic manifestations in the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and other childhood epilepsies. In: Niedermeyer E, Degen R, eds. The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. New York: Alan R. Liss, 1988: 137-58.

T.A. Glauser Following catastrophic epilepsy patients from childhood to adulthood Epilepsia 2004; 45: Suppl. 5 23-26.

T Glauser, G Kluger, R Sachdeo, G Krauss, C Perdomo, S. Arroyo Rufinamide for generalized seizures associated with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Neurology 2008; 70: 1950-1958.

Glauser TA, Morita DA, Stannard KM. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. eMedicine website 2010. Available at: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1176735-overview. Accessed 16 February 2011.

R Guerrini Epilepsy in children Lancet 2006; 367: 499-524.

R Guerrini, A Belmonte, P. Genton Antiepileptic drug-induced worsening of seizures in children Epilepsia 1998; 39: Suppl. 3 S2-S10.

A. Hahn Atypical benign partial epilepsy/pseudo-Lennox syndrome Epileptic Disord 2000; 2: Suppl. 1 S11-S17.

M Hoffmann-Riem, W Diener, C Benninger et al. Nonconvulsive status epilepticus – a possible cause of mental retardation in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Neuropediatrics 2000; 31: 169-174.

JR Hughes, V.K. Patil Long-term electro-clinical changes in the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome before, during, and after the slow spike-wave pattern Clin Electroencephalogr 2002; 33: 1-7.

Y Inoue, Y Ohtsuka, H Oguni et al. Stiripentol open study in Japanese patients with Dravet syndrome Epilepsia 2009; 50: 2362-2368.

International League Against Epilepsy Proposal for revised classification of epilepsies and epileptic syndromes. Commission on Classification and Terminology of the International League Against Epilepsy Epilepsia 1989; 30: 389-399.

A Kaminska, A Ickowicz, P Plouin, MF Bru, G Dellatolas, O. Dulac Delineation of cryptogenic Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and myoclonic astatic epilepsy using multiple correspondence analysis Epilepsy Res 1999; 36: 15-29.

C.G. Lipinski Epilepsies with astatic seizures of late onset Epilepsia 1977; 18: 13-20.

S Liu, N An, H Yang et al. Pediatric intractable epilepsy syndromes: reason for early surgical intervention Brain Dev 2007; 29: 69-78.

O.N. Markand Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (childhood epileptic encephalopathy) J Clin Neurophysiol 2003; 20: 426-441.

J Motte, E Trevathan, JF Arvidsson et al. Lamotrigine for generalized seizures associated with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome N Engl J Med 1997; 337: 1807-1812.

H Oguni, Y Fukuyama, T Tanaka et al. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood–clinical and EEG analysis of myoclonic-astatic seizures, and discussions on the nosology of the syndrome Brain Dev 2001; 23: 757-764.

Y Ohtsuka, R Amano, M Mizukawa, S. Ohtahara Long-term prognosis of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Jpn J Psychiatry Neurol 1990; 44: 257-264.

J Roger, C Dravet, M. Bureau The Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Cleve Clin J Med 1989; 56: Suppl Pt 2 S172-S180.

RC Sachdeo, TA Glauser, F Ritter et al. A double-blind, randomized trial of topiramate in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Neurology 1999; 52: 1882-1887.

W.D. Shields Diagnosis of infantile spasms, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and progressive myoclonic epilepsy Epilepsia 2004; 45: Suppl. 5 2-4.

R Sidenvall, L Forsgren, J. Heijbel Prevalence and characteristics of epilepsy in children in northern Sweden Seizure 1996; 5: 139-146.

C.E. Stafstrom Update on the management of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with a focus on rufinamide Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2009; 5: 547-551.

TN Thanh, C Chiron, G Dellatolas et al. Long-term efficacy and tolerance of stiripentol in severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (Dravet's syndrome) Arch Pediatr 2002; 9: 1120-1127.

E Trevathan, CC Murphy, M. Yeargin-Allsopp Prevalence and descriptive epidemiology of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome among Atlanta children Epilepsia 1997; 38: 1283-1288.

K. van Rijckevorsel Treatment of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: overview and recent findings Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2008; 4: 1001-1019.

M Wolff, C Cassé-Perrot, C. Dravet Severe myoclonic epilepsy of infants (Dravet syndrome): natural history and neuropsychological findings Epilepsia 2006; 47: Suppl. 2 45-48.