Dravet Syndrome Community

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Brief Description

Dravet Syndrome is a rare epileptic encephalopathy classified in 1989 by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) as a “syndrome undetermined as to whether seizures are focal or generalized” and more recently as a “genetic and developmental epilepsy syndrome with onset in infancy.”

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Synonyms

Dravet's Syndrome Severe Mycolonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI); Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy Borderline (SMEB); Generalized Epilepsy with Febril Seizures Plus (GEFS+); Intractable Childhood Epilepsy with Generalized Tonic-clonic Seizures (ICEGTC)

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