About The Medical Condition Lightning Attack
Find the definition of the medical term Lightning Attack. Lightning Attack defined and explained for easy understanding at the Medical Conditions from ClusterMed.info.
Lightning Attack
| Lightning Attack Medical Condition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Lightning Attack?
An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)
|
More Medical Conditions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Medical Conditions Definitions Of The Day
- Acute Autoimmune Neuropathy ‐ An acute inflammatory autoimmune neuritis caused by T cell- mediated…
- Dicaine ‐ A potent local anesthetic of the ester type used for surface…
- Lymphoblastic Leukemia, CALLA-Positive ‐ Acute leukemia in which lymphocytes are positive for the common…
- Hypersensitivity, Respiratory ‐ A form of hypersensitivity affecting the respiratory tract. It…
- Utilitarianism ‐ A philosophically coherent set of propositions (for example,…
- VCAM-1 ‐ Cytokine-induced cell adhesion molecule present on activated…
- Statistical Studies ‐ The science and art of collecting, summarizing, and analyzing…
- Protein, Viral M ‐ Proteins associated with the inner surface of the lipid bilayer…
- Axolotls ‐ A genus of the Ambystomatidae family. The best known species…
- Hypersomnolence Disorders, Primary ‐ Disorders characterized by hypersomnolence during normal waking…