A 20-year-old man with intellectual disability and intractable multifocal epilepsy presented to a neurologist for further evaluation and management. His seizures began at 4 months, the night after his first DPT vaccine, and he continued to have frequent tonic-clonic seizures throughout his life. Several weeks after his visit, he was found facedown on the floor, dead, by his family. His autopsy ...

Background. Dravet syndrome (DS) is an early-onset epileptic encephalopathy that leads to gross and fine motor skills deficits. Objectives. This study aimed to evaluate the results of a motor intervention program in a child with DS. Methods. We analyzed uma child with DS during the 3-year intervention in Physical Education. Interviews with the child’s mother and the teachers’ class diary were...

In Nederland worden jaarlijks tussen de zes en tien kinderen geboren met het syndroom van Dravet. Dit syndroomkenmerkt zich primair door moeilijk behandelbare vaak langdurige epileptische aanvallen verschillende typendie (maar niet altijd) uitgelokt temperatuurswisselingen. Geleidelijk ontstaan er ook problemen opandere domeinen, waardoor beeld Dravet een echt ‘syndromaal beeld’ wordt.