Aim To identify the aetiology of patients with infantile spasms and propose practical
guidelines for diagnostic strategies. Method We performed a retrospective study of children …

Background: Infantile spasm is a type of pediatric seizure often associated with a negative
prognosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging …

Purpose: To examine the underlying etiology of infantile spasms from the United Kingdom
Infantile Spasms Study (UKISS), using the pediatric adaptation of ICD 10. Methods: Infants …

Purpose: To evaluate initial magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) abnormalities in infantile
spasms, correlate them to clinical characteristics, and describe repeat imaging findings …

West syndrome is an epileptic syndrome with a devastating clinical course. In recent years,
anatomic and functional neuroimaging studies have helped to diagnose the cause of the …

Objective Neuroimaging and genetic testing have been proposed for diagnostic evaluation
of infantile spasms (IS), establishing etiology in~ 60% of multicenter IS cohorts. A …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate the epileptic and developmental
evolution in infants with West syndrome. METHODS: A prospective study of 21 infants was …

The term infantile spasms has been used inconsistently within the medical literature for
decades. We are also without formal consensus on the diagnostic criteria for West …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether a staged, algorithmic evaluation of
infantile spasms could be developed to minimize patient discomfort, treatment delay, and …

Background: Infantile spasm (IS) is an age‐dependent epileptic encephalopathy of variable
etiology. Although IS is well studied, its pathogenesis is unclear. Infantile spasm is usually …