Vaccination and the Onset of Dravet Syndrome
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Vaccination and the onset of dravet syndrome.
Commentary Imagine you have an adorable baby, the birth went well, and he/she is developing nicely; laughing, smiling, making eye contact, and playing. You are worried because you heard about complications from immunizations, but your pediatri-cian reassures you. In fact, all of your friends have immunized their children without problem. After the injection, your baby has a fever and experience...
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"Dravet syndrome" (DS) previously named severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), or epilepsy with polymorphic seizures, is a rare disorder characterized by an early, severe, generalized, epileptic encephalopathy.DS is characterized by febrile and afebrile seizures beginning in the 1st year of life followed by different types of seizures (either focal or generalized), which are typically res...
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Dravet syndrome (DS) is one of the refractory epileptic encephalopathies [3], one of the spectra of severe myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI) which occurs in otherwise healthy individuals [2]. Its incidence has been estimated to be 1 in 2000040000. It is more common in males than in females. Positive family history is encountered in one fourth of the cases. DS Usually started by clonic/tonic-...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epilepsy Currents
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1535-7597,1535-7511
DOI: 10.5698/1535-7511-11.4.120