The present study examined whether changes in the incidence of West syndrome (WS)
could be used to evaluate changes in the quality of prenatal care over time. The incidence of …

Recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques may have changed incidence
and etiologies of West syndrome (WS). We performed a retrospective epidemiological study …

The long-term outcome of Finnish children with West syndrome was evaluated. Two
hundred and fourteen patients were followed up for 20–35 years or until death. A third of the …

Objectives To evaluate the outcome of West syndrome and to elucidate the differences in the
outcome related to the timing of brain injury. Study design Medical records of 60 patients …

The present study examined whether changes in the incidence of infantile spasms could be
used to evaluate changes in the quality of pre‐and perinatal care over time. 107 children in …

West syndrome (WS) is commonly associated with a poor long-term outcome including a
small but significant mortality, infantile spasms that are resistant to treatment, the …

West syndrome is a multi-etiological condition. Recent progress in perinatal medicine and
the recent development of new neuroimaging techniques may have changed the etiological …

To our knowledge, ours is the first study to evaluate the outcome of infantile spasms (IS) in
adult patients. We analyzed 214 children born between 1960 and 1976 who had been …

Cranial computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or both, of 143
patients with West syndrome were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-four children had …

This series of cases of infantile spasms comprised 107 children born between 1960 and
1976 in the county of Uusimaa, Finland. The incidence of the syndrome was 0–38 to 0 …