The present study examined whether changes in the incidence of infantile spasms could be
used to evaluate changes in the quality of pre‐and perinatal care over time. 107 children in …

This series of cases of infantile spasms comprised 107 children born between 1960 and
1976 in the county of Uusimaa, Finland. The incidence of the syndrome was 0–38 to 0 …

SUMMARY A follow‐up study was made on 200 children (115 boys, 85 girls) who had had
infantile spasms, in order to compare their present condition over the age of six years with …

SUMMARY A prospective study of 50 consecutive children who convulsed in the first 28
days of life is in progress. The surviving children are now aged from four to six years. The …

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 …

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 …

Background: Infantile spasms (West syndrome) is an epilepsy condition affecting 1 in 2000
infants. Perhaps no more worrisome neurologic disorder exists because of its frequent …

Few population-based studies of infantile spasms have been done, and most reports have
not included comparison groups. In spite of these limitations, this review attempts to …

The present study examined whether changes in the incidence of West syndrome (WS)
could be used to evaluate changes in the quality of prenatal care over time. The incidence of …

Objective: The aim of this study was to estimate population based incidence rates for
infantile spasms (IS) and to study our clinical impression that the incidence of IS has recently …