Long-term follow-up study of West syndrome: differences of outcome among symptomatic etiologies

SI Hamano, M Tanaka, M Mochizuki, N Sugiyama… - The Journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Objectives To evaluate the outcome of West syndrome and to elucidate the differences in the
outcome related to the timing of brain injury. Study design Medical records of 60 patients …

Evolutional changes and outcome of West syndrome: correlation with magnetic resonance imaging findings

A Okumura, K Watanabe, T Negoro, K Aso… - …, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
The prognosis and evolutional changes of 77 patients with West syndrome (WS) were
studied after patients were classified into four groups on the basis of their magnetic …

Neurodevelopmental evolution of West syndrome: a 2-year prospective study

F Guzzetta, G Cioni, E Mercuri, E Fazzi… - European Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
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 …

Electroencephalographic changes before the onset of symptomatic West syndrome

F Endoh, H Yoshinaga, K Kobayashi, Y Ohtsuka - Brain and Development, 2007 - Elsevier
To clarify the characteristics of the mode of appearance and morphology of epileptiform
discharges before the onset of West syndrome (WS). The subjects were 25 infants whose …

[HTML][HTML] Long-term outcomes in patients with West syndrome: an outpatient clinical study

BT Güveli, Ö Çokar, N Dörtcan, G Benbir, V Demirbilek… - Seizure, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose Nearly half of all patients with seizure onset in the first year of life suffer from West
syndrome (WS). The prognosis of epilepsy and psychosocial outcomes in children with WS …

Evaluation of ten prognostic factors affecting the outcome of West syndrome

S Yilmaz, H Tekgul, G Serdaroglu, A Akcay… - Acta Neurologica …, 2016 - Springer
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 …

Early seizure freedom is a prognostic factor for survival in patients with West syndrome

EJC Krijgh, CE Catsman-Berrevoets… - …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction West syndrome (WS) is a devastating epileptic encephalopathy with substantial
mortality. After a study by Riikonen in 1996, further data on mortality and prognostic factors …

National survey of West syndrome in Taiwan

C Young, TCN Society - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
In the fall of 2000, the Taiwan Child Neurology Society performed a retrospective survey of
West syndrome that occurred in 1998 and 1999 in Taiwan. Questionnaires were sent to the …

West syndrome–the University of Hong Kong experience (1970–2000)

V Wong - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

Epidemiological and clinical studies of West syndrome in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan

A Matsuo, T Matsuzaka, A Tsuru, H Moriuchi… - Brain and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques may have changed incidence
and etiologies of West syndrome (WS). We performed a retrospective epidemiological study …