RT Book, Section A1 Ohtahara, Shunsuke A1 Yamatogi, Yasuko A2 Duchowny, Michael A2 Cross, J. Helen A2 Arzimanoglou, Alexis SR Print(0) ID 1138409914 T1 Neonatal Epilepsies with Suppression–Burst Pattern T2 Pediatric Epilepsy YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071496216 LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138409914 RD 2024/03/28 AB In 2001, ILAE Commission on Classification and Terminology proposed a diagnostic scheme of epilepsy that included a new concept of epileptic encephalopathy in which epileptic abnormalities contribute to a progressive disturbance in cerebral function.1 Also called catastrophic epilepsy, the earliest form of epileptic encephalopathies are Ohtahara syndrome (OS) and early myoclonic encephalopathy (EME).2,3,4 This chapter outlines OS and EME, referring to their treatment and prognoses.