Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: A Severe Form of Epilepsy
Resources
As you well know, finding information about Lennox -Gastaut syndrome is no easy task. Below we provide two ways you can stay informed and find support when you need it.
First, here are abstracts for recently published articles on LGS:
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Gastaut type-idiopathic childhood occipital epilepsy and childhood absence epilepsy: a clinically significant association? Seizure. 2010 Verrotti A, Coppola G, D'Egidio C, et al
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Cost-utility analysis of rufinamide versus topiramate and lamotrigine for the treatment of children with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome in the United Kingdom. Seizure. 2010 vol 19, no 1: pp 1-11Verdian L, Yi Y
- Rufinamide: A New Antiepileptic Medication for the Treatment of Seizures Associated with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome Ann Pharmacother 2010;44:658-667. Christopher S Wisniewski
For more information about these articles or to conduct your own literature search , contact the National Epilepsy Library ® :
- Write us at:
8301 Professional Place East
Landover MD 20785-7223 - Call us at: (800) 332-4050 x 3737
- Email us at: nel@efa.org
- Fax us at: (301) 577 4941
And here are links to other online sources of information and services useful to parents of children with LGS.
- http://www.epilepsyandmychild.org
(Epilepsy Foundation) - http://www.lgsfoundation.org/
(LGS Foundation) - http://www.livingwithlgs.com/EducationalVideos
(Living with LGS Videos) - http://www.epilepsyontario.org/client/EO/EOWeb.nsf/web/Lennox-Gastaut+syndrome
(Epilepsy Ontario) - http://www.rarediseases.org/search/rdbdetail_abstract.html?disname=Lennox%20Gastaut%20Syndrome
(National Organization for Rare Disorders, NORD) - http://www.aesnet.org/go/find-a-dr
(American Epilepsy Society)
