Advances on medical management of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome （ LGS） is an globally recognized refractory epilepsy,also known as an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy. It is characterized by multiple seizure types, mental retardation, and slow spike-wave complexes discharges or fast rhythmic bursts during sleep on electroencephalographic re-cordings. Many antiepileptic drugs were reported for the treatment of LGS,but it was difficult to compare their efficacy because of the small sample size and design limitations. Valproate,topiramate and lamotrigine are rec-ommended to be the first-line drugs by most guidelines or expert consensus,and the combination of valproate and lamotrigine or the combination of lamotrigine and topiramate should be preferred as early as possible for initial treatment of LGS in children. Recent progresses of medical treatment of LGS are reviewed and some optical re-gimes are proposed in this paper. Key words: Lennox-Gastaut syndrome; Antiepileptic drugs; Children