Henri Gastaut
Henri Jean Pascal Gastaut (April 15, 1915,
Biography
Gastaut was educated in medicine at the
His major interests involved research of electroencephalography and brain functionality in epilepsy. In 1957 he described the hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy(HHE) syndrome,[5] in 1961[6] and 1966[7] the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and in 1981[8] and 1982[9] the late variant of the benign childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms.
After the
He attempted to understand possible ties between epilepsy and artistic genius in individuals such as
In 1967 he was elected dean of the University of Marseille School of Medicine.[4]
Awards
Among others, Gastaut was awarded as "Ambassador for Epilepsy" by the ILAE and International Bureau for Epilepsy in 1968 and with the Lennox Award of the American Epilepsy Society (AES) in 1977.
Published works
- Gastaut H. The Epilepsies. Electro-Clinical Correlations. Springfield, Illinois, C. C. Thomas 1954
- Gastaut H, Vigouroux M, eds. Documents Selectionnés parmi 500 Auteurs et Présentés au Colloque Internationale Béthesda sur l’Épilepsie du Lobe Temporal. Marseilles, M. Leconte 1957
- Fischgold H, Gastaut H, eds. Conditionnement et Réactivité en Electroencéphalographie (Colloque de Marseille, 1955). Supplement to Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Paris, Masson & Cie 1957
- Gastaut H, Gastaut Y. La Syncope Vaso-Vagale Réflexe. Sa Différenciation d’Avec l’Épilepsie. Son Traitement. without place, Editions Sandoz ohne Jahr (1958)
- Fischgold H, Gastaut H, eds. Rayons X. Radio-Isotopes et E.E.G. dans l’Épilepsie (Colloque de Marseille, 1958). Supplement 17 to Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology. Paris, Masson & Cie 1960
- Gastaut H, Meyer JS, eds. Anoxia and the Electroencephalogram. Springfield, Illinois, C. C. Thomas 1961
- Bonduelle M, Gastaut H, eds. Les Myoclonies. Rapports présentés la XXVIIIe Réunion Neurologique Internationale, Paris, 4 – 5 Juin, 1968. Paris, Masson & Cie 1963
- Gastaut H, Roger J, Soulayrol R, Pinsard N, eds. L‘Encéphalopathie Myoclonique Infantile avec Hypsarythmie (Syndrome de West). Compte Rendu de la Réunion Européenne d’Information Electroencéphalographique (9e Colloque de Marseille, 1960). Paris, Masson & Cie 1964
- Gastaut H, Roger J, Lob H, eds. Les États de Mal Épileptiques. Compte Rendu de la Réunion Européenne d’Information Électroencéphalographique (Xe Colloque de Marseille, 1962). Électroencéphalographie et Neurophysiologie Clinique, Nouvelle Série (Vol 3). Paris, Masson & Cie 1967
- Gastaut H, Jasper H, Bancaud J, Waltregny A, eds. The Physiopathogenesis of the Epilepsies. Springfield, Illinois, C. C. Thomas 1969
- Gastaut H, Broughton R. Epileptic Seizures. Clinical and Electrographic Features, Diagnosis and Treatment. Springfield, Illinois, C. C. Thomas 1972
- Gastaut H en collaboration avec un groupe international d’experts. Dictionnaire De LʼÉpilepsie. Partie I: Définitions. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Genève 1973; English edition: Gastaut H in Collaboration with an International Group of Experts. Dictionary of Epilepsy. Part I: Definitions. World Health Organization, Geneva 1973; German edition: Gastaut H, unter Mitarbeit einer internationalen Expertengruppe (Kugler J, Übersetzer). Wörterbuch der Epilepsie. Stuttgart, Hippokrates 1976
- Gastaut H, Tassinari CA, eds. Epilepsies. Handbook of Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Vol 13a. Clinical EEG, III. Part A. Amsterdam, Elsevier 1975
- Beaumanoir A, Gastaut H, Naquet R, eds. Reflex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies. International Symposium on Reflex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies, Genève, Juin 1988. Genève, Editions Médicine et Hygiene 1989
Associated eponyms
- Gastaut's syndrome: Photosensitive epilepsy with heliotropism and arm rocking.[11]
References
- ^ Dravet C, Roger J. Henri Gastaut 1915 – 1995 (in memoriam). Epilepsia (fourth series) 1996; 37: 410–415
- ^ Krämer G. Lexikon der Epileptologie. Bad Honnef, Hippocampus-Verlag 2012: 515-516
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- ^ a b c ILAE.org In Memoriam Henri Gastaut 1915-1995
- ^ Gastaut H, Vigouroux M, Trevisan C, Regis H. Le syndrome „hémiconvulsion-hémiplegie-épilepsie“ (syndrome H.H.E.). Rev Neurol (Paris) 1957; 97: 37–52
- ^ Gastaut H, Régis H. On the subject of Lennox’ “akinetic” petit mal. In memory of W. G. Lennox. Epilepsia 1961; 2: 298–305
- ^ Gastaut H, Roger J, Soulayrol R, et al. Childhood epileptic encephalopathy with diffuse slow spike-waves (otherwise known as ʻpetit mal variant’) or Lennox-syndrome. Epilepsia (fourth series) 1966; 7: 139–179
- ^ Gastaut H. L’épilepsie bénigne de l’enfant à pointe-ondes occipitales. Bull Acad R Méd Belg 1981; 136: 540–555
- ^ Gastaut H. A new type of epilepsy: benign partial epilepsy of childhood with occipital spike-waves. Clin Electroencephalogr 1982; 13: 13–22
- ^ Gastaut H en collaboration avec un groupe international d’experts. Dictionnaire De LʼÉpilepsie. Partie I: Définitions. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Genève 1973; English edition: Gastaut H in Collaboration with an International Group of Experts. Dictionary of Epilepsy. Part I: Definitions. World Health Organization, Geneva 1973; German edition: Gastaut H, unter Mitarbeit einer internationalen Expertengruppe (Kugler J, Übersetzer). Wörterbuch der Epilepsie. Stuttgart, Hippokrates 1976
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- Who Named It
- ^ Genetics Home References Lennox-Gastaut syndrome