The combination of axial spasms in clusters, hypsarrhythmia, and psychomotor delay
beginning in the first year of life defines West syndrome. Variants of this classical triad …

Epileptic spasms in West syndrome consist of a brief phasic contraction followed by a
gradually relaxing tonic component, associated with typical ictal electroencephalographic …

A subgroup of patients with West syndrome (WS) also have focal features, and some of
these patients respond to surgical intervention. To determine the incidence of focal features …

Clinical, neuroradiological data and outcome of epilepsy of 32 patients with symptomatic
infantile spasms caused by perinatal insults are reported. Neuroradiological investigations …

Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia (HH) is a cause of severe hypoglycemia in the newborn
and infancy period and is associated with a high risk of neurologic handicap and epilepsy …

The temporal latency between an encephalopathic event and the onset of infantile spasms
cannot be determined in the majority of symptomatic cases (eg genetic conditions, cerebral …

Twenty‐four‐hour ambulatory EEG (AEEG) recordings were performed in 74 infants with
West Syndrome (WS) who had not received corticosteroids before the recording. EEG …

Long-term electroencephalographic (EEG) monitoring, initially popular in the form of 24-hour
video-EEG telemetries developed for the evaluation of patients who were candidates for …

Aim. To recognize epileptic spasms (ES) as a seizure type after traumatic brain injury (TBI),
accidental or non‐accidental, in infants and children. In the process, we aim to gain some …

Résumé Les stéroïdes (ACTH ou hydrocortisone), associés ou non au valproate de sodium,
sont encore actuellement le traitement de référence des spasmes infantiles. À partir de …