Dravet syndrome –Severe Myclonic Epilepsy: 30 Years Later Poster Presentations
The following abstract posters contain information gathered from parents on the IDEA League Family Network. They were presented at the workshop Dravet Syndrome – Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy: 30 Years Later held in Verona, Italy on October 4-6, 2009.
Expanding the Clinical Spectrum: Updated Data on Comorbidities in Dravet Syndrome
Expanding the Clinical Spectrum - Supporting Data
Nonfinite Grief: Reasons Doctors and Families Should Discuss SUDEP and Other Sensitive Subjects
Effects of vaccination on onset and outcome of Dravet syndrome: a retrospective study
A new study has linked the pertussis vaccine to earlier onset of seizures in Dravet syndrome. The study, published in the Early Online Publication of The Lancet, suggests that administration of the vaccine may initiate the first seizure in patients already destined to develop the disease due to a mutation in the gene SCN1A.