West syndrome: a review and guide for paediatricians

R D'Alonzo, D Rigante, E Mencaroni… - Clinical drug …, 2018 - Springer
West syndrome (WS) is characterized by the combination of spasms in clusters, hypsarrhythmia
on electroencephalogram (EEG) and psychomotor regression, which must not inevitably …

Diagnosis delay in West syndrome: misdiagnosis and consequences

S Auvin, AL Hartman, B Desnous, AC Moreau… - European journal of …, 2012 - Springer
West syndrome or infantile spasms is one of the most frequent epileptic syndromes in the
first year of life. The clinical symptoms of infantile spasms are very different than any other type …

Association of Child Neurology (AOCN)—Indian Epilepsy Society (IES) Consensus Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of West Syndrome

S Sharma, JS Kaushik, K Srivastava, JN Goswami… - Indian Pediatrics, 2021 - Springer
… In this article, the guidelines for the diagnosis and management of West syndrome are … with
West syndrome are likely to improve with timely diagnosis and early appropriate management

Management practices for West syndrome in South Asia: a survey study and meta‐analysis

P Madaan, P Chand, K Linn, J Wanigasinghe… - Epilepsia …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… Considering the dearth of literature on West syndrome (WS) from South Asian countries,
this study aimed to evaluate the management practices in South Asia by an online survey and …

West syndrome: the importance of early diagnosis

MF de Vasconcelos, GR de Faria… - Arquivos de Neuro …, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
… occur in approximately 80% of patients and 30% to 60% of them had West Syndrome (WS). …
and without West Syndrome diagnosis. All of them had clinical or genetic diagnosis of TSC. …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical spectrum and treatment outcome of West Syndrome in children from Northern India

JS Kaushik, B Patra, S Sharma, D Yadav, S Aneja - Seizure, 2013 - Elsevier
… This study highlights the developing country perspective of children with West syndrome,
including delayed presentation, adverse perinatal events as the predominant etiology, and …

The treatment of West syndrome: a Cochrane review of the literature to December 2000

E Hancock, JP Osborne, P Milner - Brain and Development, 2001 - Elsevier
… All RCTs of the administration of drug therapy to infants and children with West syndrome
were included in this review, including trials which compared a therapy with none or placebo …

[HTML][HTML] Infantile spasms (West syndrome): update and resources for pediatricians and providers to share with parents

JW Wheless, PA Gibson, KL Rosbeck, M Hardin… - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
… Infantile spasms (IS; West syndrome) is a severe form of epilepsy of early infancy [1]. Although
IS was first described over 160 years ago [1], its diagnosis, evaluation, and management

[HTML][HTML] Clinical profile of children with West syndrome: A retrospective chart review

VK Gehlawat, V Arya, H Bhardwaj… - Journal of Family …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… to reach clinical diagnosis early and treat them with oral steroids or ACTH and vigabatrin
if they fail to achieve spasm cessation. Delay in diagnosis of West syndrome was evident in …

Management of west syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: a viewpoint from South Asian west syndrome research group

JK Sahu, P Madaan, P Chand, A Kumar, K Linn… - Epilepsy Research, 2020 - Elsevier
… -up; children with West syndrome constitute a distinctive group with … related to the management
of West syndrome during COVID-19 … decision- making for West syndrome based on risk …