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Ohtahara syndrome

How is it diagnosed?

Ohtahara syndrome is diagnosed by age of onset of seizures and confirmation of suppression burst patterns on an electroencephalogram (EEG) showing the brain wave pattern of an individual. Suppression burst patterns alternate between showing electrical activity and suppression of activity.

The condition may progress to West syndrome over the first six months of life. Some authorities are uncertain about the separate distinct nature of Ohtahara syndrome regarding it as an early presentation variant of the much commoner West syndrome (infantile spasms).

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Medical text written August 2004 by Contact a Family. Approved August 2004 by Professor B Neville. Last updated April 2006 by Professor B Neville, Professor of Childhood Epilepsy, Institute of Child Health, London, UK.

 

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