Treatment of West syndrome

Y Sakakihara - Brain and Development, 2011 - Elsevier
West syndrome is one of the most refractory epileptic syndromes in infancy, and many
researchers have made great effort to find optimal treatment modalities for this syndrome. In …

[HTML][HTML] Outcome in West syndrome

NL Sharma, V Viswanathan - Indian pediatrics, 2008 - indianpediatrics.net
Objectives: To assess the seizure and developmental outcome in children with West
syndrome with respect to treatment lag. Methods: Twenty-six children satisfying inclusion …

Drug therapy for West's syndrome

C Chiron, O Dulac - Intractable Seizures: Diagnosis, Treatment, and …, 2002 - Springer
West's syndrome (WS) is an age-related epilepsy syndrome that is considered one of the
most refractory epilepsies of childhood. Although up to 25% of the cases may exhibit …

Current therapy for West syndrome in Japan

M Ito, T Seki, Y Takuma - Journal of Child Neurology, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
We sent questionnaires concerning the current therapy for West syndrome to 208 institutions
at which pediatric care members of the Japan Epilepsy Society were working. Of these, 129 …

Association of Child Neurology (AOCN)—Indian Epilepsy Society (IES) Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of West Syndrome

S Sharma, JS Kaushik, K Srivastava, JN Goswami… - Indian Pediatrics, 2021 - Springer
Justification West syndrome is one of the commonest causes of epilepsy in infants and
young children and is a significant contributor to neurodevelopmental morbidity. Multiple …

The clinical characteristics and treatment response in children with West syndrome in a developing country: a retrospective case record analysis

S Gulati, P Jain, L Kannan, R Sehgal… - Journal of Child …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This study describes the clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome of children with
West syndrome in a tertiary care hospital in north India. Overall, 310 case records diagnosed …

Evaluation of ten prognostic factors affecting the outcome of West syndrome

S Yilmaz, H Tekgul, G Serdaroglu, A Akcay… - Acta Neurologica …, 2016 - Springer
The aim of this study is to assess the seizure and developmental outcome and to determine
the prognostic factors affecting the outcome of West syndrome in an etiologically well …

West syndrome–the University of Hong Kong experience (1970–2000)

V Wong - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
Objective: To study the clinical pattern of West syndrome (WS) in a university based hospital.
Methodology: The database of children seen in the Epilepsy Clinic of Queen Mary Hospital …

Management practices for West syndrome in South Asia: a survey study and meta‐analysis

P Madaan, P Chand, K Linn, J Wanigasinghe… - Epilepsia …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Considering the dearth of literature on West syndrome (WS) from South Asian
countries, this study aimed to evaluate the management practices in South Asia by an online …

Preliminary report of a multi-center study on the West syndrome

R Nolte, HJ Christen, J Doerrer - Brain and Development, 1988 - Elsevier
During a 12-month period, 54 infants with the West syndrome (10 idiopathic, 44
symptomatic) referred to 10 major children's hospitals for initial treatment were evaluated to …