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Ceulemans, Berten – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2011
Dravet syndrome, or as it was called in the past "severe myoclonic epilepsy in infancy", is a drug-resistant epilepsy first described by Charlotte Dravet in 1978. Besides the well-known and well-described therapy resistance, Dravet syndrome dramatically impacts the development and behaviour of the affected children. As it is still not a curable…
Descriptors: Epilepsy, Seizures, Identification, Patients
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Didden, Robert; Korzilius, Hubert; Smits, Marcel G.; Curfs, Leopold M. G. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2004
Prevalence of severe sleep problems and its association with other variables were investigated with 109 individuals who have Angelman syndrome. Severe settling problems, frequent night waking, and early waking were found in 2%, 37%, and 10% of the individuals, respectively. Sleep problems were persistent in this sample. No statistically…
Descriptors: Sleep, Incidence, Behavior Problems, Neurological Impairments