[HTML][HTML] West syndrome: a comprehensive review

P Pavone, A Polizzi, SD Marino, G Corsello… - Neurological …, 2020 - Springer
… In several reports West syndrome, infantile spasms, epileptic spasms, and infantile … in our
search the MeSH term “West syndrome” vs. “infantile spasm syndrome”, the results were more …

Epileptic spasms in clusters and associated syndromes other than West syndrome: A study of 48 patients

RH Caraballo, S Fortini, G Reyes, AC Ruiz… - Epilepsy Research, 2016 - Elsevier
… electroclinical syndrome predominantly in infancy, and in the second subgroup ES was one
more seizure type associated with an epileptic encephalopathy other than West syndrome

Infantile spasms syndrome, West syndrome and related phenotypes: what we know in 2013

P Pavone, P Striano, R Falsaperla, L Pavone… - Brain and …, 2014 - Elsevier
… The history of infantile spasms and West syndrome (WS) … by the English physician, William
James West (1793–1848), in 1841 in … of spasms, should be epileptic spasms, the Delphi West

[HTML][HTML] Predictive value of EEG findings at control of epileptic spasms for seizure relapse in patients with West syndrome

K Yamada, Y Toribe, T Kimizu, S Kimura, T Ikeda… - Seizure, 2014 - Elsevier
… pattern on EEG at control of epileptic spasms. We suggest that effective treatment for West
syndrome should produce both cessation of epileptic spasms and disappearance of epileptic

Predictive factors for relapse of epileptic spasms after adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in West syndrome

Y Hayashi, H Yoshinaga, T Akiyama, F Endoh… - Brain and …, 2016 - Elsevier
West syndrome (WS) is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy that causes … Mental
outcome is particularly poor in patients whose epileptic spasms (infantile spasms) cannot be …

Definitions and diagnostic criteria for infantile spasms and west syndrome–historical perspectives and practical considerations

JR Mytinger - Seminars in Pediatric Neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
… In this article, the authors utilized the term epileptic spasms – a seizure type that may have
a focal, generalized or unknown onset. However, it is within the companion article titled “…

Clinical study of West syndrome with PS and late-onset epileptic spasms

L Chen, M Zhu, H Zhou, J Liang - Epilepsy research, 2010 - Elsevier
… Some patients resemble West syndrome (WS) but they do not fit the typical pattern completely.
The … West syndrome (WS) is defined as the classic triad of infantile spasms or in clusters, …

How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium

…, Pediatric Epilepsy Research Consortium (PERC) - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
West syndrome is the most common epileptic encephalopathy in the first 2 years of life.1-3
It consists of a triad of (1) epileptic spasms, (2) hypsarrhythmia on interictal …

Long‐term outcome of West syndrome: a study of adults with a history of infantile spasms

R Riikonen - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
Epilepsy Spasms ceased before age 2 years in 65% of cases. In 4 of 147 surviving children,
IS persisted after age 3 years. At the latest follow-up (19-35 years later), 48 patients (33%) …

West syndrome: etiological and prognostic aspects

K Watanabe - Brain and Development, 1998 - Elsevier
West syndrome is an age-dependent epileptic encephalopathy characterized by a
clinicoelectrical triad: epileptic spasms, arrest of psychomotor development and hypsarrhythmia, …