The relationship between the characteristics of burst suppression pattern and different etiologies in epilepsy

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Title: The relationship between the characteristics of burst suppression pattern and different etiologies in epilepsy
Authors: Haipo Yang, Pan Gong, Xianru Jiao, Qiujun Zhou, Yuehua Zhang, Yuwu Jiang, Zhixian Yang
Source: Scientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2021.
Publication Year: 2021
Collection: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
Subject Terms: Medicine, Science
More Details: Abstract To analyze the relationship between the characteristics of burst suppression (BS) pattern and different etiologies in epilepsy. Patients with a BS pattern who were younger than 6 months old were screened from our electroencephalogram (EEG) database. The synchronized and symmetric BS patterns under different etiologies in epilepsy were analyzed. A total of 32 patients had a BS pattern on EEG. The etiologies included genetic disorders (37.5%), cortical malformations (28.1%), inborn errors of metabolism (12.5%), and unknown (21.9%). Twenty-five patients were diagnosed with Ohtahara syndrome, one as early myoclonic encephalopathy, and one as epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizure. Five cases could not be classified into any epileptic syndrome. Asynchronous BS pattern was identified in 18 cases, of which 13 (72%) patients had genetic and/or metabolic etiologies. Synchronous BS pattern was identified in 14 cases, of which 8 (57%) patients had structural etiologies. Twenty-three patients had symmetric BS patterns, of which 15 (65%) patients had genetic etiologies. Nine patients had asymmetric BS patterns, of which 8 (89%) patients had structural etiologies. Patients with genetic epilepsies tended to have asynchronous and symmetric BS patterns, whereas those with structural epilepsies were more likely to have synchronous and asymmetric BS patterns.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2045-2322
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-95040-4
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/2c7984dbc3004d6ab72a4d2f9004d50e
Accession Number: edsdoj.2c7984dbc3004d6ab72a4d2f9004d50e
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ISSN:20452322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-021-95040-4
Published in:Scientific Reports
Language:English