Muhammad Saeed, Nadeem Shabbir, Khaqan Qadir.
Dravet’s syndrome; a catastrophic epileptic syndrome.
Pak Paed J Jan ;37(4):252-6.

It was first described by Charlotte Dravet in 1978 and has been recognized as a syndrome by the International League Against Epilepsy since 1989. It starts in the first year of life frequently with febrile seizures (FS) in an, otherwise, normal infant. This is followed by refractory and mixed type of seizures. "Dravet’s syndrome" (DS) previously named severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), or epilepsy with polymorphic seizures. DS is caused by a mutation in the neuronal sodium channel gene, SCN1A , that is also mutated in generalized epilepsy with FS+ (GEFS+).

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