… clinical characteristics, treatment, and outcome of children with West syndrome in a tertiary
… 92% children, of whom 43% became seizure free. Median lag time for appropriate treatment …

… Treatment response Drugs used in our study for treatment of children with West syndrome
… The response to treatment is depicted in Table 3. Complete spasm cessation occurred in …

… Seven of the 11 patients responded within 3 days to VGB, and all patients exhibited a
complete response within 14 days. ACTH exhibited a better reaction in children with perinatal …

… Children presenting with infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia have a high … West syndrome).2,
3 In contrast with other epilepsy syndromes, early and aggressive anti-epileptic treatment …

… James West (1793–1848) in 1841, and the definition of the classical triad of (1) infantile
spasms; (2) hypsarrhythmia, and (3) developmental arrest or regression as “West syndrome”, …

… the treatment of West syndrome, and hence many reviews on the optimal treatment for West
syndrome, … treatments for West syndrome that appear in pediatric neurology textbooks. …

… West syndrome is an age-specific epileptic disorder that … , children, infant, adolescent, and
neonate. All literature on the use of ACTH for infantile spasms or West syndrome in pediatric …

… in children with West syndrome with respect to treatment lag. Methods: Twenty-six children
satisfying inclusion criteria of West syndrome … Response to treatment was assessed based on …

… Yet, epileptic foci in infants with West syndrome are usually extensive, and rarely confined
… More than 90% of children with West syndrome have epileptogenic zones involving …

… All RCTs of the administration of drug therapy to infants and children with West syndrome
were included in this review, including trials which compared a therapy with none or placebo …