Doose syndrome: investigations
Evidence-based neurology checklist on doose syndrome: investigations: Electroencephalogram (EEG) This is normal at the onset It later shows synchronous spike wave and wave-multiple spike complexes There is background slowing with parietal theta waves The posterior background rhythms are normal The…
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
- This is normal at the onset
- It later shows synchronous spike wave and wave-multiple spike complexes
- There is background slowing with parietal theta waves
- The posterior background rhythms are normal
- The sleep architecture is normal
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain
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References
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- Oguni H, Fukuyama Y, Tanaka T, et al. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy of early childhood-clinical and EEG analysis of myoclonic-astatic seizures, and discussions on the nosology of the syndrome. Brain Dev 2001; 23:757-764.
- Oguni H, Fukuyama Y, Imaizumi Y, Uehara T. Video-EEG analysis of drop seizures in myoclonic astatic epilepsy of early childhood (Doose syndrome). Epilepsia 1992; 33:805-813.
