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Doose syndrome (myoclonic-astatic epilepsy): 40 years of progress.
Developmental medicine and child neurology - 1 Nov 2010
Kelley Sarah A, Kossoff Eric H
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Doose syndrome, otherwise traditionally known as myoclonic-astatic epilepsy, was first described as a unique epilepsy syndrome by Dr Hermann Doose in 1970. In 1989, the International League Against Epilepsy classified it formally as a symptomatic generalized epilepsy, and 20 years later it was renamed 'epilepsy with myoclonic-atonic seizures'. In this review, we discuss the components of this unique disorder...
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