Etiologic classification of infantile spasms in 140 cases: role of positron emission tomography

HT Chugani, JR Conti - Journal of child neurology, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
… The remaining 97 infants with cryptogenic infantile spasms formed a subgroup whose
interictal PET scans were analyzed for the purposes of this study (Table 2). FDG-PET showed …

Infantile spasms: A proposal for a staged evaluation

JV Trasmonte, TF Barron - Pediatric neurology, 1998 - Elsevier
… algorithmic evaluation of infantile spasms could be developed … of patients diagnosed with
infantile spasms at the authors’ … for a more focused evaluation of infantile spasms. Using the …

Latest American and European updates on infantile spasms

AL Lux - Current neurology and neuroscience reports, 2013 - Springer
spasms (infantile spasms) remain in a group classified as unknown since there are no
objective criteria, either clinical or … Indeed, epileptic spasms form the only seizure type that is …

Infantile spasms combined with partial seizures: electroclinical study of eleven cases

F Viani, A Romeo, M Mastrangelo, M Viri - The Italian Journal of …, 1994 - Springer
… ) with combined infantile spasms (IS) and partial seizures. The age of onset of the spasms
ranged … The clinical and polygraphic patterns of the clusters of spasms combined with partial …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH-a developing country perspective

S Ibrahim, S Gulab, S Ishaque, T Saleem - BMC pediatrics, 2010 - Springer
… This study included 56 patients with infantile spasms who presented to AKUH Consulting
Clinic from January, 2006 to April, 2008. Patient records were reviewed and data was collected …

Infantile spasms: a case report with clinical and pathologic correlation

DW Sinton, PR Patterson - Neurology, 1962 - AAN Enterprises
… Numerous case reports dealing with the clinical aspects of infantile spasms1-B and the
relationship to “hypsarhythmia” have appeared in the literature. These reports indicate the rather …

Treatment of infantile spasms: results of a population‐based study with vigabatrin as the first drug for spasms

ML Granström, E Gaily, E Liukkonen - Epilepsia, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
… in the treatment of newly diagnosed infantile spasms (IS) during 1994 to 1997 in a
population-based design. Methods: Only total disappearance of the spasms with a minimal duration …

The evolution of EEG features in infantile spasms: a prospective study

K Watanabe, K Iwase, K Hara - Developmental Medicine & …, 1973 - Wiley Online Library
… had convulsive seizures other than infantile spasms, or some other symptoms which brought
them to our attention (Table IA). They later developed infantile spasms during the follow-up …

Infantile spasms: little seizures, BIG consequences

WD Shields - Epilepsy Currents, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
… If the EEG is normal, the diagnosis of infantile spasms should be reconsidered, as … clinically
similar to infantile spasms (eg, benign infantile myoclonus (15) or benign familial infantile

Pathogenesis and new candidate treatments for infantile spasms and early life epileptic encephalopathies: a view from preclinical studies

AS Galanopoulou, SL Moshé - Neurobiology of disease, 2015 - Elsevier
… Several rodent models of infantile spasms have emerged that recapitulate various aspects
… of syndromes such as West syndrome and infantile spasms (IS), the limited availability of …