West's syndrome--etiology, treatment and prognosis.

L Chakova, E Genev, I Ivanov - Folia Medica, 1998 - europepmc.org
Forty two children with West's syndrome who had been treated in the Clinic of Paediatrics,
Higher Medical Institute, Plovdiv in the last 10 years were entered into the present study …

Seizure and developmental prognosis of West syndrome--combination therapy with high-dose vitamin B6, valproate and low-dose ACTH

T Miyajima, M Ito, T Fujii, T Okuno - No to Hattatsu= Brain and …, 2001 - europepmc.org
Twenty patients with West syndrome were initially treated with high-dose vitamin B6 (40 to
50 mg/kg/day) and valproate (40 to 50 mg/kg/day). Three became seizure free. For the …

A simple, effective and well‐tolerated treatment regime for West syndrome

E Schlumberger, O Dulac - Developmental Medicine & Child …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The authors systematically treated 94 patients with West syndrome using the same protocol
of sodium valproate and steroids, starting with hydrocortisone (HC) orally for two weeks. If …

Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in children with West syndrom

E Mojs, E Gajewska, W Samborski - Annales Academiae Medicae …, 2007 - europepmc.org
West syndrome is a kind of epileptic encephalopathy causing many different psychomotor
disturbances--feet and hand movements, cognitive dysfunctions and mental retardation …

CHARACTERISTICS OF WEST SYNDROME IN GEORGIA, PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF THE PROSPECTIVE STUDY.

A Kvernadze, N Tatishvili, T Kipiani… - Georgian Medical …, 2017 - europepmc.org
West syndrome hasn't been thoroughly investigated in Georgia. The purposes of our study
were a) to assess the clinical and etiological peculiarities of West syndrome, based on MRI …

Update of the medical treatment of West syndrome.

A Verrotti, R Manco, GG Coppola, S Mingione… - Minerva …, 2007 - europepmc.org
West syndrome is a generalized epilepsy syndrome composed of infantile spasms and
onset is usually within the first year of life. Although West syndrome is well known clinical …

Long-term outcome of patients with West syndrome

R Riikonen - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
The long-term outcome of Finnish children with West syndrome was evaluated. Two
hundred and fourteen patients were followed up for 20–35 years or until death. A third of the …

West syndrome: the Philippine experience

AM Salonga, MB Lukban, MH Ortiz… - Brain and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Aim: To provide information on the current status of West syndrome (WS) in the Philippines.
Methods: This is a retrospective review of WS cases from January 1997 to December 1999 …

Outcome of initial treatment with high-dose vitamin B6, valproate sodium or clonazepam in West syndrome

Y Suzuki, T Kita, T Mano, H Arai… - No to Hattatsu= Brain …, 1996 - europepmc.org
We reviewed the outcome (seizures and development) of 25 cases with West syndrome in
which antiepileptic drugs (valproate sodium, clonazepam) or high doses of vitamin B6 …

West syndrome: clinico-electro-anatomical characteristics and a differential therapeutical approach

AA Kholin, ES Il'ina, M KIu, AA Alikhanov… - Zhurnal Nevrologii i …, 2008 - europepmc.org
One hundred and thirty children with West syndrome, aged 1.5 months-2 years, were
studied. The symptomatic form of West syndrome was diagnosed in 95.4% of cases. The …