Doose syndrome or myoclonic-astatic epilepsy is a rare syndrome accounting for one to two percent of childhood epilepsies. A ketogenic diet, which is low in carbohydrates and high in fat, is an ...
Despite its rarity, NCSE is found in a wide variety of situations in childhood, some of which are described in detail below. For the sake of clarity, these conditions can be grouped in three separate ...
A BOY from Edinburgh who has a rare form of epilepsy could be left fighting for his life due to Brexit denying him cannabis oil. Murray Gray, eight, suffers from Myoclonic astatic epilepsy, also known ...
A DESPERATE mum whose son suffers 300 epileptic fits a day has begged the Government to drop the ban on cannabis oil. Little Oscar Smith has been on a range of medications to try and control his ...
See additional reader comments at: https://www.aafp.org/afp/2017/0715/p87.html When two or three antiepileptic medications have been ineffective, the ketogenic diet ...
Epilepsy syndromes: What are the initial and add-on AEDs of choice in the treatment of the epilepsy syndromes with onset in childhood, for example, myoclonic-astatic epilepsy and Dravet syndrome?