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Clinical Profile of Infants with Hypsarrhythmia [PDF]

Acta Informatica Medica, 2011
The present study was done in order to obtain a baseline profile of infantile spasms and associated neurological disorders.The study included 50 patients with infantile spasm in Queen Rania Hospital for children in Jordan. The following data were obtained: sex, age at onset of spasms, details of seizure, family history of epilepsy, significant pre ...
Wael Khreisat
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Congenital rubella associated with hypsarrhythmia. [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1976
A child with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia complicated by prolonged gastrointestinal and skin haemorrhages due to profound thrombocytopenia finally died of thrombotic occlusions of major cerebral arteries due to mucormycosis. Biopsy of any suspect lesion is needed urgently before prolonged therapy with amphotericin B is started.
R. Kim Oates, Donald Harvey
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Oral Prednisolone vs. IM Corticotropin and Hypsarrhythmia* in West Syndrome [PDF]

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2014
Investigators at University of Columbo, Sri Lanka, studied the efficacy of oral prednisolone (40-60 mg/day) and intramuscular adrenocorticotrophin hormone (40-60 IU synthetic ACTH every other day) for 14 days in improving hypsarrhythmia in children (age ...
J Gordon Millichap, John J Millichap
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Infantile spams without hypsarrhythmia: A study of 16 cases [PDF]

Seizure, 2010
In this study, we present the electroclinical features and evolution of patients with epileptic spasms (ES) in clusters without hypsarrhythmia and with or without focal or generalized paroxysmal discharges on the interictal EEG. We also discuss how to nosologically define these cases.Between February 1, 1990, and December, 2009, sixteen patients met ...
Roberto Caraballo, Víctor Ruggieri, Gabriel González-Medina, Ricardo Cersósimo, Beatriz Gamboni, Andrea Rey, Juan Carlos Pérez Poveda, Bernardo Dalla Bernardina   +7 more
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Hypsarrhythmia in epileptic spasms: Synchrony in chaos [PDF]

Seizure, 2018
Hypsarrhythmia is an electroencephalographic pattern associated with epileptic spasms and West syndrome. West syndrome is a devastating epileptic encephalopathy, originating in infancy. Hypsarrhythmia has been deemed to be the interictal brain activity, while the electrodecremental event associated with the spasms is denoted as the ictal event.
Vera Nenadovic, Robyn Whitney, Jason Boulet, Miguel A. Cortez   +3 more
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Epileptic spasms in infants: can video-EEG reveal the disease’s etiology? A retrospective study and literature review [PDF]

Frontiers in Neurology, 2023
ObjectiveEpileptic spasms are a type of seizure defined as a sudden flexion or extension predominantly of axial and/or truncal limb muscles that occur with a noticeable periodicity. Routine electroencephalogram supports the diagnosis of epileptic spasms,
Raffaele Falsaperla, Raffaele Falsaperla, Sarah Sciuto, Grete Francesca Privitera, Lucia Giovanna Tardino, Giuseppe Costanza, Alessandra Di Nora, Roberto Horacio Caraballo, Martino Ruggieri   +8 more
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Treatment efficacy for infantile epileptic spasms syndrome in children with trisomy 21 [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
BackgroundInfantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) is the most common epilepsy syndrome in children with trisomy 21. First-line standard treatments for IESS include adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), oral corticosteroids, and vigabatrin.
Henry Chen, Henry Chen, Adam L. Numis, Adam L. Numis, Renée A. Shellhaas, John R. Mytinger, Debopam Samanta, Rani K. Singh, Rani K. Singh, Shaun A. Hussain, Danielle Takacs, Kelly G. Knupp, Li-Rong Shao, Carl E. Stafstrom   +13 more
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Brain tumours as an unrecognized etiology of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS): The role of resective epilepsy surgery [PDF]

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports
Brain tumours are a rare cause of infantile epileptic spasm syndrome (IESS). Epilepsy surgery may be utilized in refractory IESS due to tumours, although reports are limited.
Rowan Pentz, Kevin Jones, Ronit Mesterman, Rajesh RamachandranNair, Hiroshi Otsubo, Ayako Ochi, Ivanna Yau, Elizabeth J Donner, George M Ibrahim, Puneet Jain, Robyn Whitney   +10 more
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Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: an etiologic study of 361 patients with infantile epileptic spasms syndrome [PDF]

Frontiers in Pediatrics
IntroductionInfantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) typically has a profound impact on the neurodevelopment of patients. The study on IESS indicates possible geographical variation in etiology and a lack of data from China.
Linghui Zhu, Linghui Zhu, Yuan Xia, Yuan Xia, Hao Ding, Tong Zhang, Jun Li, Baomin Li, Baomin Li   +8 more
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Electroclinical Features of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome [PDF]

Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
Epileptic spasms are a unique, age-dependent manifestation of epilepsies in infancy and early childhood, commonly occurring as part of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome.
Gozde Erdemir, Ahsan N. Moosa
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