Clinical evaluation and diagnosis of severe epilepsy syndromes of early childhood.

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The developing brain is particularly susceptible to seizures. Diffuse central nervous system pathology or injury in early infancy, when the brain is most vulnerable, may lead to catastrophic epilepsies such as Ohtahara's epileptic encephalopathy and early myoclonic epileptic encephalopathy. These epileptic encephalopathies are difficult to treat and have poor prognoses. As the brain undergoes programmed...

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