Epileptic Disorders
MENUEpileptic spasms in paediatric post-traumatic epilepsy at a tertiary referral centre Volume 19, numéro 1, March 2017
Auteurs
1 Division of Pediatric Epilepsy, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, Case Western University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
2 Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan
3 Division of Pediatric Neurology, Nemours DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware
4 Department of Neurology and Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
* Correspondence: Jun T. Park
Section of Pediatric Epilepsy, Department of Pediatrics,
Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital,
Epilepsy Center,
Neurological Institute,
Department of Neurology,
University Hospital,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine,
11100 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio,
USA 44106
- Mots-clés : post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), traumatic brain injury (TBI), epileptic spasms (ES), electroencephalography, seizure semiology
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2017.0900
- Page(s) : 24-34
- Année de parution : 2017
Aim
To recognize epileptic spasms (ES) as a seizure type after traumatic brain injury (TBI), accidental or non-accidental, in infants and children. In the process, we aim to gain some insight into the mechanisms of epileptogenesis in ES.