Children with infantile epileptic encephalopathies comprising 3.5% of the Pediatric
Neurology Clinic registrations in a tertiary care hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Data
were retrieved from case records and analyzed for seizure semiology, prenatal and perinatal
insults, developmental status and relevant investigations. The various therapeutic modalities
and their influence on spasm frequency, long-term development and final seizure status
were compared. The two primary outcome variables analyzed included final seizure status …

This volume describes the cross-cultural applicability research (CAR) study undertaken as
part of the revision of the World Health Organization's International Classification of
Functioning and Disability (ICIDH-2; 2001) first published by WHO in 1980. The ICIDH-2 has
done more than update vocabulary (to Body function and structure, Activity and
Participation). It is based on the understanding that disability is a complex phenomenon,
arising from one or more health conditions manifested at the body, person, or social levels …