Long-term epilepsy control, motor function, cognition, sleep and quality of life in children with West syndrome

S Bhanudeep, P Madaan, N Sankhyan, L Saini… - Epilepsy Research, 2021 - Elsevier
… p=<0·0001) and older age (>5 months) at the onset of epileptic spasms (OR = 2·9, 95 % CI:
1.5−5.0, p=<0·0001) were associated with enduring seizure freedom for more than two years. …

Epilepsy and neurodevelopmental outcomes in a cohort of West syndrome beyond two years of age

R Aramanadka, JK Sahu, P Madaan… - Indian journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Seizure outcomes at a chronological age of 2 y were categorized into seizure freedom (for
≥ 3 mo) and continuing seizures. A follow-up EEG obtained at ≥ 2 y of age was assessed for …

Current medico‐psycho‐social conditions of patients with West syndrome in Japan

…, Japan Rare Epilepsy Syndrome Registry … - Epileptic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
… This intractable epilepsy syndrome is characterized by epileptic spasms occurring in … West
syndrome has many challenging issues including difficulties in achieving seizure freedom, …

Epileptogenic modulation index and synchronization in hypsarrhythmia of West syndrome secondary to perinatal arterial ischemic stroke

H Suzuki, H Otsubo, N Yokota, S Nishijima, C Go… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
… B) Each histogram shows the distribution of total modified Z-Score of modulation index (MI)
in patients who achieved seizure freedom after surgeries. In eight West syndrome patients, …

West syndrome: A study of 26 patients receiving short-term therapy

S Fortini, GR Valenzuela, L Fasulo, R Caraballo - Epilepsy & Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
… Our results in terms of seizure freedom, relapses, EEG normalization, and psychomotor
development were favorable in all cases. This series of 26 patients meets the electroclinical …

Neuro-developmental and epilepsy outcomes of children with west syndrome: a cross-sectional study from North India

J Gupta, S Sharma, SB Mukherjee… - Annals of Indian …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
seizure freedom for more than 6 months), autistic behavioral phenotype (by VABS II profile),
other forms of epilepsies, and comorbidities. VABS II profile suggestive of autistic behavioral …

Asymmetric epileptic spasms after corpus callosotomy in children with West syndrome may be a good indicator for unilateral epileptic focus and subsequent resective …

D Uchida, T Ono, R Honda, Y Watanabe… - Epilepsia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… brought a chance of seizure freedom by subsequent resective surgery in selected patients.
Therefore, finding candidates who can undergo such stepwise surgeries may be important. …

Does Etiology and Hypsarrhythmia Subtype Influence Outcome in West Syndrome? Challenges Encountered from a Referral Center Perspective

SV Chandrasekharan, RN Menon, S Nanda… - Neurology …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
… We were able to establish that seizure freedom was independent of etiology and pre-treatment
EEG characteristics among a cohort with extreme lead-time to treatment. In the era of …

Long-Term Outcome in West Syndrome: The Facts and the Scope to Improve It Further

Arvinder, B Chakrabarty - Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2022 - Springer
West syndrome is characterized by infantile onset (up to 2 y) … show resolution of spasm and
epilepsy freedom in up to 50%, … aged 2 y or more with West syndrome. Majority have a follow-…

398 Long-term outcome of epileptic seizures and adaptive behavior in patients with West syndrome-experiences from our center

L Lončar, I Prvčić, N Konjek, JS Fureš, SP Roško… - 2021 - adc.bmj.com
West syndrome is a specific, age dependent electroclinical syndrome and one of the most
common and well described … Low AB was also in negative correlation with seizure freedom. …