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. 2014 Sep:55 Suppl 4:4-9.
doi: 10.1111/epi.12567.

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a consensus approach to differential diagnosis

Blaise F D Bourgeois  1 , Laurie M Douglass, Raman Sankar
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Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a consensus approach to differential diagnosis

Blaise F D Bourgeois et al. Epilepsia. 2014 Sep.
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Abstract

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a severe epileptic encephalopathy that shares many features and characteristics of other treatment-resistant childhood epilepsies. Accurate and early diagnosis is essential to both prognosis and overall patient management. However, accurate diagnosis of LGS can be clinically challenging. This article summarizes key characteristics of LGS and areas of overlap with other childhood epilepsies. Drawing upon input from a committee of established LGS experts convened in June 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, the authors highlight key diagnostic tests for making the differential diagnosis and propose a diagnostic scheme for people with suspected LGS.

Keywords: Encephalopathy; Epilepsy; Infantile spasms; Seizure; West syndrome.

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