… that a seizure type (spasms or epileptic spasms) must be distinguished from the epilepsy
syndrome of infantile spasms (West syndrome). Infantile spasms are divided into 3 main groups …

… cohort of infantile spasm. Extensive genetic testing is indicated for West syndrome with normal
… [17] Significant proportion of children with infantile spasms test positive for linked genetic …

… West syndrome (WS) is a devastating form of epilepsy defined by a triad of infantile
spasms, hypsarhythmia, and developmental regression (1, 2). The clinical features of …

… recordings from the original infantile spasms to compare with the later epileptic spasm,
because 15 years ago, we did not routinely record ictal spasms in patients with West syndrome. …

… Infantile spasms have been reported to occur in both … world literature concerning infantile
spasms has accumulated.… studies on more than 200 infantile spasm patients. In this chapter, I …

… Infantile spasms are the defining seizures of West syndrome, a severe form of early life
epilepsy with poorly-understood pathophysiology. We present a novel comparative analysis of …

… Infantile spasms are a catastrophic form of epileptic seizure that typically occur in infancy …
Infantile spasms were first described in 1841, when Dr WJ West published a letter in the Lancet …

… West’s syndrome (infantile spasms) can be considered the classic disorder of the catastrophic
childhood epilepsies. Although West’s syndrome … associated with West’s syndrome, the …

… Both of our patients suffered from symptomatic West syndrome before the development of
focal ES. In case 1, the focal ES involving the right lower … Symptomatology of infantile spasms …

… the spasms in the 1950’s3. Over subsequent years, West syndrome has come to be known
as the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia and developmental delay or regression. …