Epilepsy in childhood is one of the most common neurological disorders encountered in
paediatric clinical practice. The current treatment of paediatric epilepsy aims to improve …

Infantile spasms remain the most challenging of the epileptic encephalopathies of
childhood. Infantile spasms are classified as an epileptic encephalopathy, as the adverse …

Developmental Outcomes of Infants Treated with Combination Therapy for Infantile Spasms
Page 1 Vol. 33 PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY BRIEFS 2019 Pediatric Neurology Briefs 2019;33:2 …

The rationale for selecting antiepileptic/antiseizure drugs (AEDs) in childhood and
adolescence should be as tailored to the individual as possible. It should include age …

Objective Despite numerous guidelines, the overall outcome of infantile spasms is poor, with
only a small number of patients being able to attend school. The purpose of this study was to …

Aicardi syndrome (AS) is a rare congenital disorder with neurodevelopmental symptoms that
in the significant majority of cases occurs in females. It is typically characterized by a classic …

The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the ketogenic diet in improving the
quality of life of patients with West Syndrome, in the control of spasms and convulsions, the …

Since the ground-breaking work of Gomez in the 1970s and the later epidemiological
studies of Webb and Osborne (1), the link between early onset epilepsy, especially infantile …

This thesis addresses some understudied aspects of epilepsy surgery with special emphasis
on children and adolescents. The specific aims were to analyse educational and …