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
West syndrome is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy related to brain maturation.
West syndrome. We investigated the long-term outcomes of 60 patients with West syndrome, …

West syndrome: etiological and prognostic aspects

K Watanabe - Brain and Development, 1998 - Elsevier
… Our previous prospective study disclosed that the incidence of symptomatic epilepsy including
West syndrome was lower in younger preterm infants than in older preterm infants and full-…

Long-term outcome of patients with West syndrome

R Riikonen - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
… In our study, the outcome of children with West syndrome could be evaluated in 100% of
the cases, which is due to the special circumstances in Finland. The outcome seems to be …

Ictal clinical electroencephalographic findings of spasms in West syndrome

L Fusco, F Vigevano - Epilepsia, 1993 - Wiley Online Library
… Summary: The electroencephalographdvideo recordings of 955 spasms in children with
cryptogenic and symptomatic West syndrome (WS) were reviewed to define the relation …

STXBP1 mutations cause not only Ohtahara syndrome but also West syndrome—Result of Japanese cohort study

M Otsuka, H Oguni, JS Liang, H Ikeda, K Imai… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
symptomatic West syndrome from the onset of epilepsy. A further larger study is needed
to estimate the incidence of STXBP1 mutation causing directly symptomatic West syndrome. …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment and long term outcome in West syndrome: the clinical reality. A multicentre follow up study

L Lagae, H Verhelst, B Ceulemans, L De Meirleir… - Seizure, 2010 - Elsevier
… Children presenting with infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia have a high risk of developing
cognitive deterioration (the so called West syndrome).2, 3 In contrast with other epilepsy …

A comparative study of high-dose and low-dose ACTH therapy for West syndrome

S Yanagaki, H Oguni, K Hayashi, K Imai… - Brain and …, 1999 - Elsevier
… the fewest adverse effects, for the treatment of West syndrome (WS). Subjects and Methods:
Twenty-five subjects with cryptogenic (CWS, n=9) or symptomatic (SWS, n=16) WS were …

Electroencephalographic changes before the onset of symptomatic West syndrome

F Endoh, H Yoshinaga, K Kobayashi, Y Ohtsuka - Brain and Development, 2007 - Elsevier
To clarify the characteristics of the mode of appearance and morphology of epileptiform
discharges before the onset of West syndrome (WS). The subjects were 25 infants whose …

Vigabatrin as a first-choice drug in the treatment of West syndrome

N Fejerman, R Cersósimo, R Caraballo… - Journal of child …, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
symptomatic West syndrome had an increase in the frequency of infantile spasms. … of
cryptogenic West syndrome and 29.2% of the 82 cases of symptomatic West syndrome are seizure …

Immunoglobulin therapy in the West syndrome

M Ariizumi, K Baba, S Hibio, H Shiihara… - Brain and …, 1987 - Elsevier
… the clinical and the electrophysiological effects of NTIG in the West syndrome (WS). …
quotient (DQ) following NTIG administration in complete remission cases of the West syndrome. …