Background West syndrome (WS), an age‐specific epilepsy of infancy and early childhood,
considered of poor prognosis, may have remission. With the objective of describing the …

West syndrome (WS) is a severe form of epilepsy of early infancy. Its diagnosis, evaluation,
and management continue to pose many challenges to health care professionals and …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Background This study aimed to investigate the clinical characteristics and
neurodevelopmental outcomes of children with West syndrome (WS) by using the Bayley-III …

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 …

Objective We describe the electroclinical characteristics of a series of 26 patients with
idiopathic West syndrome (WS), who had an excellent response to treatment with vigabatrin …

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 …

West syndrome, an epileptic encephalopathy of infancy and early childhood with variable
etiology, consist of the triad of infantile spasms, arrest or regress of psychomotor …