A new variant of childhood Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Childhood Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a heterogeneous epileptic encephalopathy with onset between the age of one and seven years. It is associated with more than one seizure type that are drug-resistant, a slow spike-wave activity in the EEG recording and mental retardation. The syndrome was first described by William Gordon Lennox in 1950, and later by Henri Gastaut in 1966. The condition was first called ¿Lennox-Gastaut syndrome¿ by Ernst Niedermeyer in 1968. The association of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome with low set ears and cryptorchidism has not been reported before. A new variant of childhood Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is reported, and the experience with its early treatment is described in this book.