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 …

Introduction: Perinatal arterial ischemic stroke (PAIS) underlies approximately 10% of
infantile spasms (IS). We aim to identify patterns of brain injury in ischemic stroke that may …

Infantile spasms are an age-specific seizure disorder that occur in infants with no known
underlying disorder or prior neurologic insult (cryptogenic group) as well as in infants with a …

Perinatal stroke is a significant cause of severe epilepsy, including epileptic spasms.
Although epileptic spasms due to underlying structural lesion often respond poorly to …

A subgroup of children with perinatal stroke do not present clinically until after the perinatal
period. Detailed epilepsy outcomes in these children have not been well studied. A …

The prognosis for intellectual development in children with symptomatic infantile spasms is
usually poor. We report a 9-year-old boy with a history of a large, presumed perinatal, left …

Aim To describe the baseline developmental profile and influence of clinical and
demographic factors on the developmental skills of infants diagnosed with infantile spasms …

The temporal latency between an encephalopathic event and the onset of infantile spasms
cannot be determined in the majority of symptomatic cases (eg genetic conditions, cerebral …

To analyze the magnitude of the risk factors for infantile spasms, we evaluated the records of
80 children with infantile spasms, 474 children with other types of epilepsy, 2,196 children …

Infantile spasms constitute a severe epileptic encephalopathy of infancy with poor long-term
developmental outcome. Many diverse etiologies have been associated with infantile …