early myoclonic encephalopathy; neonatal epilepsy with suppression-burst pattern

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Genetics

Clinical manifestations

Diagnostic procedures

  • EEG: suppression-burst pattern higher-voltage bursts of slow waves mixed with multifocal spikes alternating with isoelectric suppression phases

Management

  • prognosis is poor
  • no effective treatment
  • children with the condition either die within 1-2 years after birth or survive in a persistent vegetative state

More general terms

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