Children with infantile spasms are likely to have a poor outcome. Outcome measures for
infantile spasms include primary response to treatment, relapse of spasms, neurological …

Background: Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease that is caused by various factors and
characterized by recurrent, episodic and temporary central nervous system dysfunction …

Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) Task Force on Nosology and
Definitions proposes a classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes in the neonate …

Background and Objectives The SLC35A2 gene, located at chromosome Xp11. 23, encodes
for a uridine diphosphate–galactose transporter. We describe clinical, genetic …

Children with epilepsy and normal structural MRI pose a particular challenge in localization
of epileptic foci for surgical resection. Many of these patients have subtle structural lesions …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The treatment of epilepsy in children is highly individualized at each
and every major step in the management. This review examines various factors that modify …

Objective This retrospective study was designed to assess the impact of corpus callosotomy
(CC) in patients with intractable West syndrome (WS) without lesions on magnetic …

Objective Epileptic spasms (ES) often become drug‐resistant. To reveal the
electrophysiological difference between children with ES (ES+) and without ES (ES−), we …

Pediatric epilepsy surgery is underutilized. Only 1%-11% of children with drug resistant
epilepsy (DRE) undergo surgical treatment, or less than half of those estimated to benefit …

Objective Approximately 50% of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex develop infantile
spasms, a sudden onset epilepsy syndrome associated with poor neurological outcomes …