West syndrome: etiological and prognostic aspects

K Watanabe - Brain and Development, 1998 - Elsevier
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 …

Early onset West syndrome with cerebral hypomyelination and reduced cerebral white matter

J Tohyama, N Akasaka, H Osaka, Y Maegaki… - Brain and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Numerous numbers of pre-, peri-and postnatal damages cause West syndrome in early
infancy, however, etiology in many cases are not still elucidated despite intensive …

West syndrome: long-term prognosis and social aspects

RE Appleton - Brain and development, 2001 - Elsevier
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 …

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 …

Neuroradiological assessment of brain structure and function and its implication in the pathogenesis of West syndrome

C Juhász, HT Chugani, O Muzik, DC Chugani - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission
tomography (PET) scanning have contributed significantly to our understanding of West …

Neuroradiologic aspects of West syndrome

N Aydınlı, M Çalışkan, M Özmen, E Tonguç - Pediatric neurology, 1998 - Elsevier
Cranial computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or both, of 143
patients with West syndrome were retrospectively reviewed. Twenty-four children had …

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 …

Partial seizures in West syndrome

Y Ohtsuka, I Murashima, T Asano, E Oka… - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To study the occurrence of partial seizures (PS) and elucidate the characteristics of
patients with West syndrome (WS) with PS. Methods: We investigated the electroclinical and …

Long‐term outcome of West syndrome: a study of adults with a history of infantile spasms

R Riikonen - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

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 …