[Photosensitivity and generalized idiopathic epilepsies of children].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study is to evaluate the frequency of photosensitivity at patients of paediatric age diagnosed with different types of generalized idiophatic epilepsies.

Material And Method: We used a group of 68 children aged 3-18 years diagnosed: 39 patients with childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), 11 with juvenile absence epilepsy (JAE), 10 with epilepsy with grand mal on awakening (EGMA), 8 with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). EEG was recording without and with stimulation (hyperventilation, intermittent photic stimulation -IPS) after sleep deprivation.

[Cardiac arrhythmia in amitriptyline poisoning in children].

Unlabelled: Amitriptyline (Antideprin) determines severe intoxications, especially because of its cardiac side effects.

Method: We studied 8 children (2-14 years old) admitted with signs of amitriptyline intoxication.

Results: The clinical picture revealed altered general status, generalized hypertonia, arterial hypotension up to collapse, mydriasis, coma and cardiac arrhythmia.

[Rasmussen syndrome. Clinical study].

Rasmussen's syndrome is a specific progressive disease affecting primarily one hemisphere, accompanied by intractable seizures and leading to severe neurologic and mental deficit. The authors present one child with frequent partial motor seizures and myoclonic seizures refractory to antiepileptic drug therapy who was diagnosed with epilepsia partialis continua. After a period of 15 months the patient develops a spastic right hemiparesis and mental degradation.

[Epilepsy in different types of cerebral palsy].

Epilepsy (E) is common in all types of cerebral palsy (CP) and in some varieties it is the rule. The aim of this study is to evaluate the nature, course and prognosis of seizures in patients with E and CP. Clinical observations were performed on a group of 109 patients, from 2.

[Lamotrigine in the treatment of pharmaco-resistant epilepsy in children].

Lamotrigine (LTG) is an antiepileptic drug whose therapeutic effect may be due to inhibition of the excitatory transmitter glutamate release. The aim of this study is to evaluate LTG efficacity and tolerability in the therapy of drug-resistant epilepsy in children. LTG is tested in 27 patients with different forms of epilepsy.