Abstracts

Rationale: classified the astatic and astatic-myoclonus seizures depending to the clnical and poligraphic EEG and electromiographic characteristics. Methods: We analyze a new epileptic paediatric patients with astatic and astatic-myoclonic seizures in a prospective clinical trial in the neurology department of the Hospital Infantil de México between 2005-2006. After a clinical and neurologic examintation we proceed to made a poligraphic and electromiographic Video-EEG during 3 hours. Results: : A total of 15 patients (6 males and 9 females) between 2 to 6 years were evaluated. 11 patients had an impact over the neurodevelopment and the total of the patients with abnormal EEG (burst-supression type) and 90% showed a correlation with a positive electromiographic study, correlated with the severity of the clinical and neurological manifestations. Conclusions: The Video-EEG it’s a diagnostic method in those patients with astatic seizures, but the correlation with electromiographic activity its very important for the differentiation with the astatic-myoclonic seizures which impact over the severity of the epilepsy.