Purpose: Mechanisms inducing continuous spike–wave during slow sleep (CSWS) in
encephalopathy with electrical status epilepticus during sleep are still unclear. Recently�…

We studied 10 neurologically normal patients (8 females, 2 males) aged 8–30 years (mean
17 years) who had recurrent episodes of visually induced occipital seizures. Television and�…

Purpose: SCN1A is the most clinically relevant epilepsy gene, most mutations lead to severe
myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI) and generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus�…

An international workshop on juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) was conducted in Avignon,
France in May 2011. During that workshop, a group of 45 experts on JME, together with one�…

Progressive myoclonus epilepsy of the Lafora type or Lafora disease (EPM2; McKusick no.
254780) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by epilepsy, myoclonus�…

I read with interest the article “Fatal Status Epilepticus in Dravet Syndrome” by Paola De Liso
et al. recently published in this journal [1]. The authors report in detail the cases of seven�…

Aim of the study was to describe prospectively the early neuropsychological evolution
including the, first pre-cognitive stages of the Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy (SMEI) or�…

Aim To investigate behavior and cognitive performances of teenage patients with Dravet
syndrome (DS). Methods We enrolled 20 teenage patients (12 females and 8 males) with�…

Purpose The aim of the study was to perform a detailed assessment of cognitive abilities and
behaviour in a series of epileptic patients with Dravet syndrome (DS) in order to establish a�…

Purpose: Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is characterized by an
excellent prognosis. Drug therapy is necessary in only a minority of patients�…