Abstract From 1969 to 1990, 180 cases with West syndrome (WS) were admitted to our
hospital. We investigated the long-term outcome of 109 WS cases followed for over 3 years …

Approximately 10–30% of patients with West syndrome respond to high-dose vitamin B6
treatment. The response to vitamin B6 is rapid; seizures disappear within the first 2 weeks of …

Background and purpose: Long‐term follow‐up of children with idiopathic West syndrome
(WS) treated with adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or vigabatrin. Methods: Records of …

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 …

The recent article by Chandra et al.(1), published in Frontiers in Neurology, on the treatment
of West syndrome (WS) by using valproate as monotherapy, prompted us to rethink about …

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 …

Introduction West syndrome (WS) is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy in which
the prognosis varies according to the, not always identified, underlying origin. Objectives To …

Purpose West syndrome (WS) is one of the catastrophic epileptic syndromes in infancy
characterized by a triad of infantile spasms, psychomotor deterioration and hypsarrhythmic …

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 …

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 …