Spontaneous resolution of intractable epileptic seizures following HHV-7 infection

• Published in: Brain & development (Tokyo. 1979) Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 185 - 188
• Main Authors: Yamamoto, Hitoshi, Kamiyama, Noriko, Murakami, Hiroshi, Miyamoto, Yusaku, Fukuda, Miho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.04.2007
• Subjects: Anticonvulsants - therapeutic use; Child, Preschool; Drug Resistance; Electroencephalography; Epilepsy - drug therapy; Epilepsy - etiology; Female; Herpesvirus 7, Human; HHV-7 infection; Humans; Intractable epileptic seizures; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Remission, Spontaneous; Roseolovirus Infections - complications; Spontaneous resolution; HHV-7 infection; Intractable epileptic seizures; Spontaneous resolution

Purpose: We report a three-year-old female with intractable epilepsy post West syndrome whose seizures disappeared following an acute viral infection, without changes in anti-epileptic therapy. Methods: The female infant was born at term to a healthy mother after an uneventful pregnancy and delivery...