Long-term outcome of patients with West syndrome

R Riikonen - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Long-term follow-up study of West syndrome: differences of outcome among symptomatic etiologies

SI Hamano, M Tanaka, M Mochizuki, N Sugiyama… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
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 …

Computerized tomography in the study of West's syndrome

H Gastaut, JL Gastaut, H Regis… - … Medicine & Child …, 1978 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY 37 children presenting with West's syndrome were studied by computerized
tomography scanning. An abnormality consisting of diffuse cerebral atrophy, predominating …

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

R Riikonen - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

West syndrome: long-term prognosis and social aspects

RE Appleton - Brain and development, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Immunoglobulin therapy in the West syndrome

M Ariizumi, K Baba, S Hibio, H Shiihara… - Brain and …, 1987 - Elsevier
An examination was made of high dose non-treated immunoglobulin (NTIG) therapy at an
early stage of the West syndrome (WS). Six patients with cryptogenic WS who suffered …

The idiopathic form of West syndrome

F Vigevano, L Fusco, R Cusmai, D Claps, S Ricci… - …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical and electroencephalographic data of 31 children with cryptogenic West
syndrome (WS), selected from a series of 103 WS patients, with a follow‐up between 4 and …

A simple, effective and well‐tolerated treatment regime for West syndrome

E Schlumberger, O Dulac - Developmental Medicine & Child …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The authors systematically treated 94 patients with West syndrome using the same protocol
of sodium valproate and steroids, starting with hydrocortisone (HC) orally for two weeks. If …

West syndrome due to perinatal insults

R Cusmai, S Ricci, JM Pinard, P Plouin, G Fariello… - …, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
Clinical, neuroradiological data and outcome of epilepsy of 32 patients with symptomatic
infantile spasms caused by perinatal insults are reported. Neuroradiological investigations …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment and long term outcome in West syndrome: the clinical reality. A multicentre follow up study

L Lagae, H Verhelst, B Ceulemans, L De Meirleir… - Seizure, 2010 - Elsevier
We systematically reviewed the files of 51 infants presenting with infantile spasms and
hypsarrhythmia in order to study the initial treatment strategies and the long term outcome …