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Epileptic encephalopathies (EE), are disorders of the developing brain characterized by intractable seizures and electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities, that typically result in cognitive and motor delay, regression, and sometimes death. [1,2] Forty percent of seizures in children aged three years or less can be classified as EE. [3] Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) have their onset during infancy and are highly variable in etiology and natural history. While seizure is the core symptom for all EIEE syndromes often accompanied by progressive cognitive delay, these disorders are highly variable in the age of onset, severity, type of the seizures, EEG patterns, other associated symptoms and outcome [4].