… clinical pattern of spasms in West syndrome (WS) patients (Frost et al., 1978; Kellaway et
al., 1979; Lombroso, 1983). The ictal EEG characteristics of infantile spasms were described, …

… 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 …

… ‘spasms’ should be used to denote a seizure type, as spasms … only in West syndrome but
also in many other syndromes, and … West syndrome is defined by the association of spasms in …

… coincide with infantile spasms in up … infantile encephalopathy often evolves to West syndrome.
In about one quarter of those with West syndrome evolution to Lennox-Gastaut syndrome …

… syndrome classification, 'spasms' should be included as a specific seizure type which mayoccur
… West's syndrome. Secondly, 'infantile spasms' (in this context referring directly to spasms …

… Similarly, patients with hemimegalencephaly and infantile spasms have increased CBF in
the hemisphere contralateral to the malformation. Hyperexcitability induced by the epilepsy in …

… of cerebral malformations in the cryptogenic infantile spasms group, and allowed their
spasms to be reclassified as symptomatic. In a study of 46 patients with West syndrome [16], …

… Infantile spasms are the main feature in West syndrome, an age-related epilepsy syndrome
that … The authors provide a comprehensive review of the literature about infantile spasms and …

… We observed decalage between the appearance of spasms and the appearance of EEG
alterations in 33% (mean 18,5 days) In our study 57.1% children with West syndrome suffer …

… West syndrome. We propose using the term West syndrome (WS) to describe the combination
of spasms that occur in clusters and hypsarrhythmia on an EEG. We do not require, as …