Amenably Treatable Pediatric Severe Epilepsies

Vitamin-dependent epilepsies and multiple metabolic epilepsies are amenable to treatment that markedly improves the disease course. Knowledge of these amenably treatable severe pediatric epilepsies allows for early identification, testing and treatment. These disorders present with various phenotypes, including early onset epileptic encephalopathy (including refractory neonatal seizures, early myoclonic encephalopathy, and early infantile epileptic encephalopathy), infantile spasms, or mixed generalized seizure types in infancy, childhood, or even adolescence and adulthood.
Source: Seminars in Pediatric Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research