Electroencephalographic features in dravet syndrome: five-year follow-up study in 22 patients

• Published in: Journal of child neurology Vol. 27; no. 4; p. 439
• Main Authors: Specchio, Nicola, Balestri, Martina, Trivisano, Marina, Japaridze, Natia, Striano, Pasquale, Carotenuto, Antonio, Cappelletti, Simona, Specchio, Luigi M, Fusco, Lucia, Vigevano, Federico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2012
• Subjects: Adolescent; Age of Onset; Brain Waves - physiology; Child; Child, Preschool; Electroencephalography; Epilepsies, Myoclonic - genetics; Epilepsies, Myoclonic - pathology; Epilepsies, Myoclonic - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Mutation - genetics; NAV1.1 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel; Nerve Tissue Proteins - genetics; Retrospective Studies; Sodium Channels - genetics; Time Factors

The aim of the study was to evaluate interictal electroencephalogram features in 22 patients with Dravet syndrome from the onset of the disease through the next 5 years. Electroencephalogram was abnormal in 5 patients (22.7%) at onset, and in 17 (77.3%) at the end of the study. Epileptiform abnormal...