PHARMACOLOGY 1: • an EPILEPTIC SYNDROME and NOT A
SEIZURE TYPE

• characterized by brief, recurrent
myoclonic jerks of the body with
sudden flexion or extension of the
body and limbs

• most patients are mentally retarded

Question

• an EPILEPTIC SYNDROME and NOT A 
SEIZURE TYPE

• characterized by brief, recurrent 
myoclonic jerks of the body with 
sudden flexion or extension of the 
body and limbs

• most patients are mentally retarded

LEIGHTON DWIGHT OBILLOS · Accepted Answer

Infantile Spasms

• an EPILEPTIC SYNDROME and NOT A SEIZURE TYPE • characterized by brief, recurrent myoclonic jerks of the body with sudden flexion or extension of the body and limbs • most patients are mentally retarded