… Recent advances in diagnostic and therapeutic techniques may have changed incidence
and etiologies of West syndrome (WS). We performed a retrospective epidemiological study of …

… of the International Symposium on West Syndrome and related … West syndrome and infantile
spasms. We propose that the term West syndrome should be used to indicate the disease – …

… The history of infantile spasms and West syndrome (WS) develops through three important
steps: (1) the publication by the English physician, William James West (1793–1848), in 1841 …

… be completely different disease cohorts within our patients with West syndrome, some of …
with West syndrome through an appropriately powered randomized controlled trial possibly in …

… This review addresses the evolving epidemiology of WNV and summarizes the recent changes
in classification as well as updates the current understanding of WNV clinical syndromes …

… The clinical manifestations of West Nile infection in humans range from asymptomatic
illness to West Nile encephalitis. Methods: The laboratory offers an array of tests, the preferred …

… process (Guillain-Barré syndrome), but new studies show that the damage is localized to
spinal anterior horn cells resulting in a poliomyelitis-like syndrome. Most patients had little or no …

… The infantile DEEs comprise a group of epilepsy syndromes with infantile spasms (West
syndrome) typically accounting for over half the cases.1, 2 The incidence of DEEs overall was …

… The patients with West syndrome accounted for 7.8% (4/51) … number of patients with West
syndrome examined in our clinic … chain disease is a significant possibility in patients with West …

… We performed a retrospective epidemiological study of West syndrome (WS) in Miyagi
prefecture over a 3-year period (2000 -2003). Twenty-two children (6 boys, 16 girls) developed WS…