The infantile spasms (IS) syndrome is a catastrophic developmental epileptic
encephalopathy syndrome characterized by an age-specific expression of epileptic spasms …

Infantile spasms (IS) is an epileptic encephalopathy with unique clinical and electrographic
features, which affects children in the middle of the first year of life. The pathophysiology of …

Infantile spasms is an unusual seizure disorder. The seizures themselves are only a few
seconds in duration and consist of brief flexion and/or extension jerking movements. EEG …

The devastating developmental and epileptic encephalopathy of infantile epileptic spasms
syndrome (IESS) has numerous causes, including, but not limited to, brain injury, metabolic …

Infantile spasms (IS) represent a severe encephalopathy of infancy, which is a result of
multiple etiologies. IS are characterized by intractable spastic seizures, EEG …

Infantile spasms are a devastating epileptic encephalopathy characterized by early life
spasms and later seizures. Clinical outcomes of infantile spasms are poor and therapeutic …

Infantile spasms (IS or epileptic spasms during infancy) were first described by Dr. William
James West (aka West syndrome) in his own son in 1841. While rare by definition (occurring …

Infantile spasms is an epilepsy syndrome with several distinctive features, including age
specificity during infancy, characteristic semiology (epileptic spasms), specific …

Infantile spasms are characterized by age-specific expression of epileptic spasms and
hypsarrhythmia and often result in significant cognitive impairment. Other epilepsies or …

Infantile spasms (IS), the most common of the early epileptic encephalopathies, afflicts
thousands of children each year and results in significant disability. Also known as West …