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Clinical case of the month. Myoclonic-astatic epilepsy in a young child (MAE) or Doose syndrome
Dubru JM , Bricteux G , Panagopoulos A , Makanda A , Klein JM
Rev Med Liege 2002, 57(4),191-195Abstract : Myoclonic astatic epilepsy (MAE) belongs to the epilepsies with generalized seizures. MAE occurs in 1-2% of all childhood epilepsies up to age 9. This disease is characterized by various clinical and EEG criteria. The course of this epileptic syndrome is variable but influenced by an early diagnosis and by a specific treatment
