Infantile spasms (West syndrome)

BF Westmoreland, MR Gomez - Epilepsy: Electroclinical Syndromes, 1987 - Springer
infantile spasms and called it "hypsarrhythmia." The term "West syndrome" is used to refer
to the triad of infantile spasms, psychomotor retardation, and hypsarrhythmia (Gas taut 1973). …

Infantile spasms (West syndrome) in children with inborn errors of metabolism: a review of the literature

A Gkampeta, E Pavlou - Journal of Child Neurology, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
West syndrome, infantile spasms will have ceased by 3 years of age. However, in a majority
of children, infantile spasms … waves in electroencephalogram (Lennox-Gastaut syndrome). …

Efficacy of treatments for infantile spasms: a systematic review

JM Song, J Hahn, SH Kim… - Clinical …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
West syndrome (also known as infantile spasm because of its main seizure type) is a rare …
West syndrome is characterized by 3 features, namely, epileptic spasms, developmental delay, …

Asymmetric hypsarrhythmia and infantile spasms in West syndrome

JF Donat, WD Lo - Journal of Child Neurology, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
… 18 months old at the time of first evaluation of infantile spasms (ages corrected for prematurity).
All patients had infantile spasms documented by timelocked video-EEGs in our Children’…

Infantile spasms

M Wong, E Trevathan - Pediatric neurology, 2001 - Elsevier
West syndrome and infantile spasms may be used interchangeably, the term West syndrome
spasms, whereas infantile spasms constitutes a more general term for age-related epilepsy …

Surgical treatment of West syndrome

E Asano, DC Chugani, C Juhásza, O Muzik… - Brain and …, 2001 - Elsevier
West syndrome is an age-specific syndrome, which is characterized by clusters of axial jerks
(infantile spasms), … of patients with West syndrome to eliminate infantile spasms, thereby …

West syndrome: etiological and prognostic aspects

K Watanabe - Brain and Development, 1998 - Elsevier
Infantile spasms in patients with Down syndrome not having anoxic brain damage have the
ictal and interictal EEG characteristics of idiopathic West syndrome … to have infantile spasms

Infantile spasms and West syndrome–a clinician's perspective

SS Chopra - The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2020 - Springer
Infantile spasms and West syndrome have long been recognised as devastating form of …
known as West syndrome, but this full triad may not be seen in all children with infantile spasms, …

West syndrome: a review and guide for paediatricians

R D'Alonzo, D Rigante, E Mencaroni… - Clinical drug …, 2018 - Springer
… This work examined patients with infantile spasms from January 2009 to September 2013
using two different high-dose natural ACTH protocols. The first protocol was 12 weeks: 75 IU/m …

The influence of etiology upon ictal semiology, treatment decisions and long-term outcomes in infantile spasms and West syndrome

AL Lux, JP Osborne - Epilepsy research, 2006 - Elsevier
… Studying infantile spasms is challenging because there are … genes are associated with infantile
spasms, but these illustrate … data from the United Kingdom infantile spasms study (UKISS) …