Epilepsy and learning disability

Evidence-based neurology checklist on epilepsy and learning disability: Epilepsy syndromes associated with learning disability West syndrome Lennox-Gastaut syndrome Landau-Kleffner syndrome Down’s syndrome SHANK3 gene mutations: usually atypical absence seizures IQSEC2-related epilepsy Symptoms…

Epilepsy syndromes associated with learning disability

  • West syndrome
  • Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
  • Landau-Kleffner syndrome
  • Down’s syndrome
  • SHANK3 gene mutations: usually atypical absence seizures
  • IQSEC2-related epilepsy

Symptoms that mimic seizures in people with learning disability

References

  1. Brown SW. Managing severe epilepsy in the community. Adv Psychiatr Treat 1998; 4:345-355.
  2. Holder JL Jr, Quach MM. The spectrum of epilepsy and electroencephalographic abnormalities due toSHANK3 loss-of-function mutations. Epilepsia 2016; doi: 10.1111/epi.13506 (Epub ahead of print).
  3. Zerem A, Haginoya K, Lev D, et al. The molecular and phenotypic spectrum ofIQSEC2-related epilepsy. Epilepsia 2016; doi: 10.1111/epi.13560 (Epub ahead of print).
  4. Chapman M, Iddon P, Atkinson K, et al. The misdiagnosis of epilepsy in people with intellectual disabilities: a systematic review. Seizure 2011; 20:101-106.

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