What is Ohtahara Syndrome?

What is Ohtahara Syndrome?

• Ohtahara Syndrome: A very rare syndrome characterized mainly by epilepsy that starts within a month of birth.

Ohtahara Syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Ohtahara Syndrome, or a subtype of Ohtahara Syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Ohtahara Syndrome as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

Ohtahara Syndrome: Introduction

Types of Ohtahara Syndrome:

Broader types of Ohtahara Syndrome:

• Brain conditions
• Seizure conditions
• Nervous system conditions
• Mental retardation conditions
• Intellectual or developmental disabilities
• more types...»

Who gets Ohtahara Syndrome?

Patient Profile for Ohtahara Syndrome: Newborns and infants before 3 months.

How serious is Ohtahara Syndrome?

Prognosis of Ohtahara Syndrome: death within a couple of years; survivors remain in a permanent vegetative state
Complications of Ohtahara Syndrome: see complications of Ohtahara Syndrome
Prognosis of Ohtahara Syndrome: Ohtahara syndrome often is fatal. Survivors suffer from severe mental and physical impairment. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Ohtahara Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

What causes Ohtahara Syndrome?

Causes of Ohtahara Syndrome: see causes of Ohtahara Syndrome
Causes of Ohtahara Syndrome: The cause of the disorder is unknown. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Ohtahara Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

What are the symptoms of Ohtahara Syndrome?

Symptoms of Ohtahara Syndrome: see symptoms of Ohtahara Syndrome

Complications of Ohtahara Syndrome: see complications of Ohtahara Syndrome

Onset of Ohtahara Syndrome: birth or soon after

Ohtahara Syndrome: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Ohtahara Syndrome.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Ohtahara Syndrome.

How is it treated?

Doctors and Medical Specialists for Ohtahara Syndrome: Neurologist ; see also doctors and medical specialists for Ohtahara Syndrome.
Treatments for Ohtahara Syndrome: see treatments for Ohtahara Syndrome
Research for Ohtahara Syndrome: see research for Ohtahara Syndrome

Organs Affected by Ohtahara Syndrome:

Organs and body systems related to Ohtahara Syndrome include:

• Brain

Name and Aliases of Ohtahara Syndrome

Main name of condition: Ohtahara Syndrome

Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, early myoclonic encephalopathy, myoclonic epilepsy, neonatal, with suppression-Burst pattern, Precocious epileptic encephalopathy

Ohtahara Syndrome: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Ohtahara Syndrome:

• Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy
• West syndrome
• Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
• Brain atrophy

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