Infantile spasms: assessing the diagnostic yield of an institutional guideline and the impact of etiology on long‐term treatment response

N Chourasia, CJ Yuskaitis, MH Libenson… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Neuroimaging and genetic testing have been proposed for diagnostic evaluation
of infantile spasms (IS), establishing etiology in~ 60% of multicenter IS cohorts. A …

[HTML][HTML] Infantile spasms: etiology, lead time and treatment response in a resource limited setting

P Surana, JD Symonds, P Srivastava, TS Geetha… - Epilepsy & Behavior …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores the etiology and lead time to treatment for infantile spasm (IS) patients
and their effect on treatment responsiveness, in a limited resource setting. Patients with IS …

Infantile spasms: a US consensus report

JM Pellock, R Hrachovy, S Shinnar, TZ Baram… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The diagnosis, evaluation, and management of infantile spasms (IS) continue to pose
significant challenges to the treating physician. Although an evidence‐based practice …

Seizure outcome in infantile spasms—a retrospective study

BP Mohamed, RC Scott, N Desai, P Gutta, S Patil - Epilepsia, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Purpose: Prior to the United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study (UKISS), our
practice was to initiate vigabatrin for infantile spasms. However, since then we tend to use …

Neurodevelopmental and epilepsy outcomes in a North American cohort of patients with infantile spasms

A Partikian, WG Mitchell - Journal of child neurology, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Studies have suggested disparate variables affecting long-term outcomes in patients with
infantile spasms. Using a retrospective chart review, the authors identified 109 patients who …

Response to second treatment after initial failed treatment in a multicenter prospective infantile spasms cohort

KG Knupp, E Leister, J Coryell, KC Nickels, N Ryan… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Infantile spasms (IS) represent a severe epileptic encephalopathy presenting in
the first 2 years of life. Recommended first‐line therapies (hormonal therapy or vigabatrin) …

A long-term, clinical study on symptomatic infantile spasms with focal features

A Fujii, H Oguni, Y Hirano, M Shioda, M Osawa - Brain and Development, 2013 - Elsevier
Background: We studied the clinical, neuroradiological and EEG characteristics of patients
with infantile spasms (IS) who showed focal features to reveal their long-term prognoses and …

A proposed diagnostic approach for infantile spasms based on a spectrum of variable aetiology

AL Poulat, G Lesca, D Sanlaville, G Blanchard… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim To identify the aetiology of patients with infantile spasms and propose practical
guidelines for diagnostic strategies. Method We performed a retrospective study of children …

Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort

KG Knupp, J Coryell, KC Nickels, N Ryan… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Infantile spasms are seizures associated with a severe epileptic encephalopathy
presenting in the first 2 years of life, and optimal treatment continues to be debated. This …

Neurodevelopmental outcome of infantile spasms: a systematic review and meta-analysis

E Widjaja, C Go, B McCoy, OC Snead - Epilepsy research, 2015 - Elsevier
Background The aims of this systematic review and meta-analysis were to assess (i)
estimates of good neurodevelopmental outcome in infantile spasms (IS),(ii) if …