To our knowledge, ours is the first study to evaluate the outcome of infantile spasms (IS) in
adult patients. We analyzed 214 children born between 1960 and 1976 who had been …

Background: West syndrome consists of infantile spasms with hypsarrhythmia and is
perceived as a disorder of infants. Methods: We describe 10 patients with West syndrome …

Children with infantile spasms, 104 boys and 46 girls, were followed up; 105 received
steroids. Thirty‐three children had died, nearly all of the rest were 5 yr old or more. Of …

We systematically reviewed the files of 51 infants presenting with infantile spasms and
hypsarrhythmia in order to study the initial treatment strategies and the long term outcome …

West syndrome (WS) is commonly associated with a poor long-term outcome including a
small but significant mortality, infantile spasms that are resistant to treatment, the …

The electroencephalographic/video recordings of 955 spasms in children with cryptogenic
and symptomatic West syndrome (WS) were reviewed to define the relation between a …

West syndrome is a multi-etiological condition. Recent progress in perinatal medicine and
the recent development of new neuroimaging techniques may have changed the etiological …

The clinical and electroencephalographic data of 31 children with cryptogenic West
syndrome (WS), selected from a series of 103 WS patients, with a follow‐up between 4 and …

The combination of axial spasms in clusters, hypsarrhythmia, and psychomotor delay
beginning in the first year of life defines West syndrome. Variants of this classical triad …

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 …