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(Adnkronos) - “La sindrome di Lennox - Gastaut è una grave encefalopatia dello sviluppo ed epilettica che insorge in età pediatrica, in alcuni casi nel primo anno di vita, in altri, in età prescolare. È caratterizzata dall'associazione di diversi tipi di crisi, tra le quali le più handicappanti sono quelle toniche o atoniche, che comportano una caduta inattesa, brutale e violenta, che a sua volta può comportare degli ulteriori danni per conseguenze legate al trauma cranico”. Lo ha detto Bernardo Dalla Bernardina, già professore di Neuropsichiatria infantile dell’università degli studi di Verona e direttore scientifico del Centro di ricerca per le epilessie pediatriche dell’Aoui ospedale Donna e Bambino di Verona, commentando la notizia del via libera di Aifa alla rimborsabilità di fenfluramina per il trattamento della Lgs, che colpisce circa un milione di persone in tutto il mondo.

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00:00What are the effects of the epileptic syndrome?
00:05The epileptic syndrome comes from the encephalopathy of the epileptic development,
00:13which are those conditions that are characterized by the fact that there is a compromise of development at various levels,
00:21in particular from the point of view of cognitive development,
00:26as a result of a cause that generates both compromise and epilepsy.
00:32However, epilepsy in itself, subsequently,
00:37induces a further progressive aggravation of compromise in the various areas,
00:43cognitive, language, relationship, autonomy,
00:50and the possibility of reaching an adequate level on the learning level,
00:57and in practice the impossibility of entering the world of work in an autonomous way.
01:04The epileptic syndrome occurs in the pediatric stage,
01:09in some cases as an evolution of very early forms,
01:15in the first months, in the first year of life.
01:20In other cases, it occurs brutally at the pre-school age, 5, 6, 7 years.
01:30It is characterized by the association,
01:35specifically by the association of different types of crises,
01:41among which the most handicapped are the tonic or atonic crises,
01:48which involve a brutal and violent fall in anticipation,
01:53which in turn can lead to further damage due to consequences
02:00linked to cranial trauma, substantially.
02:04It also has the characteristic of being a resistant drug,
02:09at least until today,
02:12and of being intended to continue even in advanced adult age.

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