After a brief discussion of the historical aspects of the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, the electroencephalographic, epileptological and other clinical characteristics are presented.
This severe and almost intractable seizure disorder must be distinguished from a variety of other epileptic conditions which may electro-encephalographically mimick the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
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