… efficacy and adverse effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in west syndrome: differences in dosage of adrenocorticotropic hormone, onset of age, and cause

S Hamano, S Yamashita, M Tanaka, S Yoshinari… - The Journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
… year of age, given … West syndrome treated with ACTH therapy to evaluate the efficacy and
adverse effects of ACTH therapy in different dosages and to determine whether the onset age

Electroencephalographic changes before the onset of symptomatic West syndrome

F Endoh, H Yoshinaga, K Kobayashi, Y Ohtsuka - Brain and Development, 2007 - Elsevier
West syndrome (WS) is an age-dependent disorder, commonly occurring at 3–8 months of
age [… in electroencephalograms (EEGs) before the onset of WS in those who later developed it …

Early onset West syndrome with cerebral hypomyelination and reduced cerebral white matter

J Tohyama, N Akasaka, H Osaka, Y Maegaki… - Brain and …, 2008 - Elsevier
… ) characteristics depend on the age at onset, and may change … We describe four unrelated
children with early onset West syndrome… condition associated with early onset West syndrome. …

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

R Riikonen - Epilepsia, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
… Cryptogenic etiology Normal development before onset of spasms Age at onset of spasms
Treatment lag (range) ACTH therapy Only anticonvulsants Good response to ACTH therapy …

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

L Chen, M Zhu, H Zhou, J Liang - Epilepsy research, 2010 - Elsevier
… WS with PS (21 cases), LOES (11 cases), and WS without PS (52 cases) were brought into
this study, and their age onset was 5.7, 20.68 and 6.26 months, respectively. All cases shared …

A proposal for case definitions and outcome measures in studies of infantile spasms and West syndrome: consensus statement of the West Delphi group

AL Lux, JP Osborne - Epilepsia, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
West syndrome. We propose using the term West syndrome (WS) to describe the combination
of … We propose that studies of ISs report outcomes for children in age at onset groups: (a) …

ICTAL EEG fast activity in West syndrome: from onset to outcome

F Panzica, S Binelli, L Canafoglia, M Casazza… - …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… early age-related West syndrome and late occurring seizures. A prospective study including
serial EEG recordings, more extensive topographic mapping of fast rhythms by means of …

Cognitive competence at the onset of West syndrome: correlation with EEG patterns and visual function

T Randò, G Baranello, D Ricci, A Guzzetta… - … medicine and child …, 2005 - cambridge.org
… Mean age of the patients at spasm onset was 5.9 months (SD 2.5; range 2 to 13mo). Cognitive
development, assessed with Griffiths Mental Development Scales (GMDS), was generally …

Ohtahara syndrome or early-onset West syndrome? A case with overlapping features and favorable response to vigabatrin

CM Korff, S Vulliemoz, F Picard, J Fluss - European journal of paediatric …, 2012 - Elsevier
… OS and EME belong to a spectrum of age-related early-onset epileptic encephalopathies, …
-onset form of West syndrome, or that he was in a transition phase from OS to West syndrome. …

Abnormal fast activity before the onset of West syndrome

F Endoh, H Yoshinaga, Y Ishizaki, M Oka… - …, 2011 - thieme-connect.com
… Because the onset of West syndrome (WS) is strongly age-dependent in spite of the condition's
various and heterogeneous etiologies, it is thought that the occurrence of WS is closely …