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Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome (LGS) – Market Outlook, Epidemiology, Competitive Landscape, and Market Forecast Report – 2021 To 2032

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  Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a rare and severe form of epilepsy that begins in childhood. It belongs to the group of severe infantile epileptic syndrome (epileptic neonatal encephalopathy with suppression-burst, West syndrome, severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy). People with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome start having seizures when they are young, usually between the ages of 3 and 5. LGS is also a physically dangerous epilepsy syndrome for children and teenagers due to frequent falls, injuries, and cognitive impairment, which can severely limit one's quality of life. Children with infantile spasms or underlying brain disorders may be affected, but the cause can also be idiopathic. Antecedent conditions associated with LGS almost always involve the cerebral cortex. The cerebral cortex and the corpus callosum produce some of the phenomena of LGS. Among lesional causes, those involving both frontal lobes most commonly lead to LGS development. However, any brain damage may be associ