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Newest firstDravet syndrome (DS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy, characterised by recurrent seizures that begin during the first year of life, leading to motor, cognitive and behavioural impairments. This article provides the perspectives of a parent of a child with DS ('Ethan') and the treating neuropaediatrician. Ethan's seizures began when he was 9 months old, and were a mixture of focal seizures and status epilepti…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction Effectiveness and tolerability of plant-derived highly purified cannabidiol (CBD) in patients with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS), Dravet syndrome (DS), or tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC)-associated epilepsy in clinical practice in Germany were evaluated. Methods This multicenter, retrospective, chart review study analyzed patients with LGS, DS, or TSC-associated epilepsy receiving ≥ 1 dose of adjunct…
Introduction Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a particularly severe developmental epileptic encephalopathy (DEE) characterized by multiple types of drug-resistant, incapacitating seizures. Despite aggressive therapy including polypharmacy, surgery, implanted devices, and dietary therapy, the prognosis remains poor, with frequent ongoing seizures and risk of injury and early death. Cenobamate (CNB) is an antiseizur…
Open article record in new tab ↗Introduction Current methods to detect recent delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) use cannot objectively quantify its psychoactive effects (PE). The Cognalyzer®, an electroencephalography (EEG)-based method, detects and quantifies the strength of THC-induced PE on a scale from 0 to 100%. This study assesses the relationship between the magnitude of Cognalyzer® PE predictions and reported subjective drug effects for…
This article is co-authored by a parent of a 32-year-old male patient with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) and his epileptologist. It discusses the parent's experience of having a child with LGS from diagnosis through living day-to-day with the disease and the physician's perspective when treating this devastating epilepsy syndrome. The patient's mother, who is his legal representative, provided written consent for…
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