We examined prospectively a series of 150 children with epilepsy beginning in the first year
of life. We classified the types of epilepsy into five categories: West syndrome, other epileptic …

Purpose: West syndrome (WS) is considered an age‐dependent epileptic encephalopathy
and also a particular type of electrical epileptic status. Short‐term hormonal or steroid …

Objectives Long‐term adrenocorticotropic therapy (LT‐ACTH), which consisted of 2‐4
weeks of daily injections of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and subsequent months of …

Objective To determine epilepsy and neurodevelopmental outcomes beyond 2 y of age and
their putative prognostic factors in children with West syndrome (WS). Methods This cross …

This paper argues for a standardized use of definitions and outcome measures in
publications on West syndrome. Specific recommendations include the need for a validated …

Objective It has been known that West syndrome (WS) patients with an unknown etiology
have better clinical outcomes than patients with an identified etiology of any kind. However …

West syndrome is an epilepsy syndrome characterized by repetitive epileptic spasms (ES)
and hypsarrhythmia, typically leading to developmental delay/intellectual disability (DD/ID) …

Objective To evaluate the illness-related expenditure by families of children with West
syndrome (WS) during the first year of illness and to explore the potential determinants of the …

Forty two children with West's syndrome who had been treated in the Clinic of Paediatrics,
Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv in the last 10 years were entered into the present study …

Ictal electroencephalographic/video recordings of 42 patients with West syndrome (WS)
were reviewed to define the relation between ictal, clinical, and EEG features and etiology or …