Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS): clinical features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on lennox-gastaut syndrome (lgs): clinical features: Demographic features The onset is usually < 8 years: it is most frequently between ages 3-5 years It may present in adulthood Boys more often affected Infantile spasms (West syndrome) may precede LGS Primary…

Demographic features

  • The onset is usually < 8 years: it is most frequently between ages 3-5 years
  • It may present in adulthood
  • Boys more often affected
  • Infantile spasms (West syndrome) may precede LGS

Primary causes

Secondary causes

Diagnostic triad

Characteristic seizure types

Other seizure types

Other features

Differential diagnosis

References

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  3. Bourgeois BF, Douglass LM, Sankar R. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: A consensus approach to differential diagnosis. Epilepsia 2014; 55(Suppl 4):4-9.
  4. Arzimanoglou A, French J, Blume WT, et al. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome: a consensus approach to diagnosis, assessment, management, and trial methodology. Lancet Neurol 2009; 8:82-93. 
  5. Zhou P, He N, Zhang JW, et al. Novel mutations and phenotypes of epilepsy-associated genes in epileptic encephalopathies. Genes Brain Behav 2018; doi: 10.1111/gbb.12456 (Epub ahead of print).
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