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An unexpected EEG course in Dravet syndrome.
Epilepsy research - 1 Sept 2008
Nabbout Rima, Desguerre Isabelle, Sabbagh Sandra, Depienne Christel, Plouin Perrine, Dulac Olivier, Chiron Catherine
Abstract excerpt
A puzzling EEG pattern combining frontal slow bi-tri spikes followed or not by slow waves when awake and activated by sleep with 5-10s discharges of 8-9Hz spikes in a minority of adolescents with Dravet syndrome (DS) was recorded in the context of stable seizure and cognitive status, and unchanged antiepileptic medication. Tonic seizures were frequently reported in patients with this EEG pattern (3/5). This EEG...
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