… ogists treat West syndrome with corticotropin as the agent of … of corticotropin, whereas all
Japanese child neurologists use … Japan as the initial drug in the treatment for West syndrome, …

… In 1994, Watanabe surveyed the treatment protocols for West syndrome at 62 institutions
with active members of the Japanese Society of Child Neurology Most Japanese pediatric …

… unique to Japan and has not changed over 10 years. We consider that Japanese pediatric
neurologists would tend to give priority to safety when they treat patients with West syndrome. …

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

… West syndrome prognosis over 20 years was described. All information was obtained from
the primary caregivers of patients with West syndrome … between West syndrome etiologies but …

… Long-term social prognosis of 120 Japanese patients with West syndrome was surveyed
using … In summary, social prognosis of West syndrome is generally gloomy, but a proportion of …

… The dosages of ACTH therapy in Japan, in this study also, are less than … West syndrome
with tuberous sclerosis 20 ; however, vigabatrin has not been available commercially in Japan. …

… West syndrome and analyzed the current medical and psychosocial conditions of patients
suffering from this syndrome in Japan… 8% of West syndrome cases in Japan, as estimated …

… Vigabatrin was not chosen by Japanese experts since the drug was not approved in Japan.
Pyridoxine was chosen as the first treatment choice for infantile spasms by the Japanese …

We investigated the etiology of West syndrome (WS) with special reference to prenatal factors
in 180 cases. Prenatal cause was the most frequent diagnosis (77 cases, 42.8%), followed …