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Named for the Japanese neurologist Shunsuke Ohtahara (1930–2013), who identified it in 1976.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ohtahara syndrome
Today it means: A progressive condition with a combination of severe epilepsy and cerebral palsy. It is characterised by severe physical and mental retardation and partial seizures. Full definition →