| lennox syndrome | See Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| Lennox, William | <person> U.S. Neurologist, 1884-1960. See: Lennox syndrome, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lennox-gastaut syndrome | <syndrome> A severe form of epilepsy that usually begins in early childhood and is characterised by frequent seizures of multiple types, mental impairment, and a particular brain wave pattern (a slow spike-and-wave pattern). The seizures that are notoriously hard to treat and may lead to falls and injuries can be reduced in frequency by treatment with lamotrigone, a chemically novel antiepileptic drug. The syndrome is named for w.g. Lennox and h. Gastaut who described it. (12 Dec 1998) |
| syndrome, lennox-gastaut | A severe form of epilepsy that usually begins in early childhood and is characterised by frequent seizures of multiple types, mental impairment, and a particular brain wave pattern (a slow spike-and-wave pattern). The seizures that are notoriously hard to treat and may lead to falls and injuries can be reduced in frequency by treatment with lamotrigone, a chemically novel antiepileptic drug. The syndrome is named for w.g. Lennox and h. Gastaut who described it. (12 Dec 1998) |
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