Figure 7.7. A video–EEG sample from a lengthy recording to assess whether this 9-year-old girl with severe symptomatic Lennox–Gastaut syndrome was in atypical status epilepticus.

Figure 7.7

A video–EEG sample from a lengthy recording to assess whether this 9-year-old girl with severe symptomatic Lennox–Gastaut syndrome was in atypical status epilepticus.

The EEG consisted of very long slow GSWD at approximately 2 Hz. Because of very severe mental retardation, it was impossible to find any convincing differences in her behaviour and reactivity during or without EEG discharges. The discharge stopped simultaneously when the infusion tube was inserted prior to administering diazepine intravenously.

From: Chapter 7, Epileptic Encephalopathies in Infancy and Early Childhood in Which the Epileptiform Abnormalities May Contribute to Progressive Dysfunction

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The Epilepsies: Seizures, Syndromes and Management.
Panayiotopoulos CP.
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