The West syndrome is an epileptic encephalopathy in the child's first year of life, corresponding
to 1.4% of the epileptic syndromes in pediatric age. It is characterized by the triad: 1) …

… Relapse after initial ACTH therapy is a poor prognostic factor for long-term seizure control and
… Here, we report successful long-term weekly ACTH therapy for relapsed WS in a tuberous …

… of West syndrome who were followed up at least 6 months after diagnosis. We followed up
70 infants with West syndrome. … spasms for seizure relapse in patients with West syndrome. …

… There was no seizure relapse after initial response during the entire observation period.
At last observation, Patients 2 and 3 still were responders, and their EEGs showed focal …

… relapsed was treated with the polytherapy for a second time, and has thus far achieved
remission. The other two subjects who relapse … used to diagnose West syndrome: (1) seizures …

… benign idiopathic forms in first- or second-degree relatives, and 2 had a personal history of
seizures prior to onset of spasms (neonatal seizures in one and febrile seizures in the other). …

… the West Delphi group. In the continual debate about whether we should “lump” or “split”
when studying epilepsy syndromes, … features of a seizure. This helps us to determine the likely …

We report the case of an 18‐month‐old child with infantile spasms and a hypsarrhythmic
electroencephalogram (EEG) pattern associated with a porencephalic cyst. Surgical removal of …

… Categorical outcomes, such as presence or absence of relapse, and presence or absence
of cognitive impairment or seizures, were compared using Fisher’s exact test. A P-value of …

… Unfortunately, many infants with WS also develop focal seizures later or evolve into another
form of catastrophic epileptic encephalopathy, Lennox–Gastaut syndrome (7). Overall, a …