Pediatric epilepsy syndromes with associated developmental impairment

• DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.15838
• Publication Date: 2023-12-23T12:44:12Z
• Authors: Douglas R. Nordli; John R. Mclaren; Gabriel Araujo; Megan Gupta; Douglas R. Nordli; Fernando Galan
• Keywords: Dravet syndrome; Epilepsy syndromes; Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

In 2022, the International League Against Epilepsy revised their classification of epilepsy syndromes for clinicians to better understand relationships between different syndromes, underlying causes, and associated developmental behavioral features. This review highlights portions current with an emphasis on that readily present challenges provides a unique framework, based electroencephalography, easily identify these syndromes. Included in this are helpful categorization scheme visual aid, descriptions updated figures relevant identifiers syndrome information regarding future directions toward treatment research. Covered include epileptic encephalopathy, Dravet syndrome, Rasmussen infantile spasm among others. WHAT THIS PAPER ADDS: The by aims improve outcomes children epilepsy. electroencephalography features grouped model. model allows overlapping phenotypes aid both identification diagnosis.