PPT-Epilepsy in Children with Down Syndrome

Dr Shpresa Pula Clinical Research Fellow Dr Marian McGowan Consultant Paediatrician November 2019 Acknowledgments Dr Karine Lascelles Consultant Paediatric Neurologist . :. Learning Profile. Effective Teaching Practices . Tools to Maximize Learning Success. The . Northern New England Down Syndrome Congress. Goals of Education. Same for children with Down syndrome as typically developing children. Department . of Psychiatry. WMU Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. The . Use of . Antipsychotics . & . Anticonvulsants . in IDDs. NADD 34. rd. Annual . Conference- November 3, 2017. Professional Information. Prof of child neurology . Faculty of medicine –The university of Jordan . Objectives . History . Epidemiology . Definitions : seizure , epilepsy , febrile convulsion , status epilepticus ,epileptic encephalopathy . Seizures and Epilepsy. A seizure is a brief, excessive discharge of brain electrical activity that changes how a person feels, senses, thinks, or behaves. . Epilepsy is a disorder in which a person has two or more seizures without a clear cause. . et al JMSCR Volume 07 Issue 04 April 2019Page 542JMSCRVol07Issue04Page542-553April2019Relationship between learning disabilities and the laterality of epileptic discharges in young patients with idiop Redab. . Al-. Ghawanmeh. Objectives. Definitions. Epidemiology. Classification. Etiology. Epileptic . syndroms. Treatment. Prognosis. Disorders that mimic seizures. Definitions. Seizure. Epilepsy. Status . 183 Dravet syndrome in a 13-year-old child B. Vengamma, J. Varadaraja, T. Naveen Department of Neurology, Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati ABSTRACT Dravet syndrome is a rare ge 1 Position Statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions Authors: Sameer M Zuberi 1 , Elaine Wirrell 2 , Elissa Yozawitz 3 , Jo M Wilmshurst 4 , Nicola Specchio 5 , Kate Riney 6 FACTS ABOUTDRAVET SYNDROME Dravet Syndrome UK is an independent UK charity dedicated to improving the lives of those a�edted cy Dravet tyndrpne through appropriate support, If ypu wpuld lil etal. Pseudo-Petit Mal Dischargeplaying a key role in the recurrence of FS in the presence of PPMD, and also to indicate that PPMD is a marker of favorable prognosis in reported that the prevalence o 89 What is Down Syndrome?. Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome. . Chromosomes are small “packages” of genes in the body. They determine how a baby’s body forms and functions as it grows during pregnancy and after birth. . epileptiform. abnormalities. are believed to contribute to progressive disturbance in cerebral function.” . (Engel, 2001. ). Epileptic encephalopathy - Definitions. “Evidence suggests or supports the notion that there is an . Dr . Jeevan. . Silwal. MD,DNB,FIPN. Pediatric Neurologist. Siliguri. . . SEIZURES: . A seizure is defined as:. “Transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.”.