how to cite this article:  ilik f, ilik mk, çöven i. levatiracetam for the management of lance-adams syndrome. iran j child neurol. 2014 spring 8(2):57-59.   chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus, also known as lance-adams syndrome (las) is a neurological complication characterized by uncontrolled myoclonic jerks following cardiac arrest. in this article, clinical manifestation and symptomatic treatme...

Admas-Oliver syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant disease of congenital development defects association with aplasia cutis. All of 81 reported cases were of 32 group families. These two cases had congenital scalp cutis aplasia with developmental defect and hypoplasia of left foot digits in case 1.Congenital deaf-mute in both can added to the past known findings in this syndrome. Thoracic defor...

Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS) is a rare complication of successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation and is often accompanied by action myoclonus. LAS is seen in patients who have undergone a cardiorespiratory arrest, later regained consciousness, and then developed myoclonus days or weeks after the event. Less than 150 cases of LAS have been reported in the worldwide medical literature. Here, we pres...

A new-born male baby with typical features of Adams-Oliver syndrome (AOS) is described. Adams-Oliver syndrome is the association of aplasia cutis congenita with terminal transverse limb reduction defects with or without cutis marmorata telangiectatica congenita. The patient presented with brachydactyly involving all the digits of his hands and shortening of both big toes along with aplasia cuti...