Infantile spasms are an age-specific seizure disorder that occur in infants with no known
underlying disorder or prior neurologic insult (cryptogenic group) as well as in infants with a …

Between 1989 and 1994, 18 children with cryptogenic infantile spasms–defined by normal
development before onset of spasms, symmetrical hypsarrhythmia or multifocal spikes, and …

The object of this study was to describe the outcomes of children with infantile spasms
resulting from perinatal stroke. We used International Classification of Diseases, Ninth …

We reviewed the outcome (developmental, neurologic, and seizure) and prognostic factors
of 57 cases of infantile spasms (17 cryptogenic, 40 symptomatic). The mean developmental …

The etiological factors, clinical aspects and long term prognosis were studied in 200 patients
with infantile spasms. Forty-eight (24.0%) died and the rest were aged 6 years or more at the …

To analyze the magnitude of the risk factors for infantile spasms, we evaluated the records of
80 children with infantile spasms, 474 children with other types of epilepsy, 2,196 children …

With the use of a time‐synchronized video and polygraphic recording system, 5,042 infantile
spasms were monitored and analyzed in 24 infants aged 1 to 43 months. Of these, 33.9 …

Infantile spasms is one of the “catastrophic childhood epilepsies” because of the difficulty in
controlling seizures and the association with mental retardation. However, early recognition …

Recent observations have contributed significantly to our understanding of the
pathophysiology of infantile spasms, and have allowed a number of hypotheses to be …

We report 53 infants who by clinical history were thought to have infantile spasms but who
video-electroencephalograms showed were having other episodes that closely mimicked …