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Malnutrition, an Important Comorbidity in Patients with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome

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  • Gessen Salmerón Gómez

    (Department of Neuropediatrics, Hospital Materno Infantil Irapuato, México)

  • Mariel Pizarro Castellanos

    (Department of Neurology, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, México)

  • Benigno Linares Segovia

    (Department of Medicine and Nutrition, University of Guanajuato, México)

Abstract

Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) is an epileptic encephalopathy that occurs in the pediatric age is associated with cognitive impairment. It is also considered as refractory epilepsy due to its frequent resistance to antiepileptic drugs, which implies the use of multiple antiepileptic drugs for long periods of treatment, the adverse effects of which could affect the patient’s nutrition.

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  • Gessen Salmerón Gómez & Mariel Pizarro Castellanos & Benigno Linares Segovia, 2017. "Malnutrition, an Important Comorbidity in Patients with Lennox Gastaut Syndrome," Open Access Journal of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 3(1), pages 3-5, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:joajnn:v:3:y:2017:i:1:p:3-5
    DOI: 10.19080/OAJNN.2017.03.555602
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