The present study using the results of the postmortem examination of twenty-four children,
who had infantile spasms (West-Syndrome), gives a view of the aetiology and course of the …

A review of the neuropathological findings in 50 personal autopsy cases and in the available
literature (214 confirmed cases) of infantile spasms demonstrates that this type of early …

Clinical, neuroradiological data and outcome of epilepsy of 32 patients with symptomatic
infantile spasms caused by perinatal insults are reported. Neuroradiological investigations …

Children with infantile spasms, 104 boys and 46 girls, were followed up; 105 received
steroids. Thirty‐three children had died, nearly all of the rest were 5 yr old or more. Of …

Clinical and electroencephalogram (EEG) observations permit a hypothesis for the
pathophysiology of infantile spasms. The triggering area (s) for spasms is probably cortical …

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 …

We observed seizures resembling infantile spasms in patients with Lennox‐Gastaut
syndrome (LGS). Infantile spasms, the type of seizures that occurs in patients who have …

With the modern noninvasive brain imaging methods, cerebral lesions of different types and
degrees can frequently be determined in infants with West syndrome. In CT examinations …

The combination of axial spasms in clusters, hypsarrhythmia, and psychomotor delay
beginning in the first year of life defines West syndrome. Variants of this classical triad …

Infantile spasms represent a seizure disorder with unique clinical and
electroencephalographic (hypsarrhythmia) features and a poor prognosis including chronic …