[HTML][HTML] Infantile spasms (West syndrome): update and resources for pediatricians and providers to share with parents

JW Wheless, PA Gibson, KL Rosbeck, M Hardin… - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
Infantile spasms (IS; West syndrome) is a severe form of encephalopathy that typically affects
infants younger than 2 years old. Pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, and other pediatric …

Infantile spasms syndrome, West syndrome and related phenotypes: what we know in 2013

P Pavone, P Striano, R Falsaperla, L Pavone… - Brain and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… The history of infantile spasms and West syndrome (WS) develops through three important
steps: (1) the publication by the English physician, William James West (1793–1848), in 1841 …

The underlying etiology of infantile spasms (West syndrome): Information from the International Collaborative Infantile Spasms Study (ICISS)

JP Osborne, SW Edwards, F Dietrich Alber… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Infantile spasms, also known as West syndrome, constitutes a severe form of infantile … the
age at which Down syndrome infants are susceptible to infantile spasms older on average. This …

The underlying etiology of infantile spasms (West syndrome): Information from the United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study (UKISS) on contemporary causes and their …

JP Osborne, AL Lux, SW Edwards, E Hancock… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
West Delphi undertook an e-mail–based Delphi consensus elicitation process on definitions
and outcomes in infantile spasms and West syndrome. West Delphi recommended an …

Infantile epileptic encephalopathy with hypsarrhythmia (infantile spasms/West syndrome)

RA Hrachovy, JD Frost Jr - Journal of clinical neurophysiology, 2003 - journals.lww.com
Infantile spasms is a unique … infantile spasms and the relation of this disorder to other
childhood encephalopathies are discussed. Finally, the treatment of patients with infantile spasms

[HTML][HTML] West syndrome: a comprehensive review

P Pavone, A Polizzi, SD Marino, G Corsello… - Neurological …, 2020 - Springer
… to “West syndrome” OR “infantile spasms syndrome” studies (both terms indicated in all
paragraphs here below in parentheses and separated by semicolons) and digital interventions: …

How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium

EC Wirrell, RA Shellhaas, C Joshi, C Keator… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To prospectively evaluate the etiology of new‐onset infantile spasms and evaluate
the yield of genetic and metabolic investigations in those without obvious cause after initial …

Long‐term outcome of West syndrome: a study of adults with a history of infantile spasms

R Riikonen - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… Summary: To our knowledge, ours is the first study to evaluate the outcome of infantile spasms
(IS… Patients with West syndrome generally have a poor long-term neurological prognosis. …

Morphological Aspects of Aetiology and the Course of Infantile Spasms (West-Syndrome) 1

HJ Meencke, C Gerhard - Neuropediatrics, 1985 - thieme-connect.com
… who had infantile spasms (West-Syndrome), gives a view of the aetiology and course of the
West-Syndrome. … It is significant, that the time of onset of infantile spasms depends on time of …

Definitions and diagnostic criteria for infantile spasms and west syndrome–historical perspectives and practical considerations

JR Mytinger - Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
… definitions and diagnostic criteria for infantile spasms and West syndrome. In an effort to …
diagnosis of infantile spasms (a seizure type) and West syndrome (an epilepsy syndrome). …