EEG biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of infantile spasms
Early diagnosis and treatment are critical for young children with infantile spasms (IS), as this maximizes the possibility of the best possible child-specific outcome.
Blanca Romero Milà+6 more
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Compound heterozygous mutations in UBA5 causing early-onset epileptic encephalopathy in two sisters. [PDF]
To access publisher's full text version of this article, please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field or click on the hyperlink at the top of the page marked FilesEpileptic encephalopathies are a group of childhood epilepsies that display high
Arnadottir, Gudny A+19 more
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Dextromethorphan in the treatment of early myoclonic encephalopathy evolving into migrating partial seizures in infancy [PDF]
Epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-burst in electroencephalography (EEG) can evolve into a few types of epileptic syndromes. We present here an unusual case of early myoclonic encephalopathy that evolved into migrating partial seizures in infancy.
Chien, Yin-Hsuan+4 more
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ACTH Efficacy in Symptomatic Infantile Spasms
A retrospective evaluation of 26 case records of patients with diagnoses of symptomatic infantile spasms and classic hypsarrhythmia is reported from the Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN.
J Gordon Millichap
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How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium [PDF]
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111205/1/epi12951 ...
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West Syndrome Remission Following Acute Viral Infection
Researchers at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, report 11 children with intractable epilepsy (West syndrome in 6 and myoclonic seizures in 5) who showed clinical and electrographic improvement following acute viral infection.
J Gordon Millichap
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Clinical profile of vigabatrin as monotherapy for treatment of infantile spasms [PDF]
Jason T Lerner1, Noriko Salamon2, Raman Sankar1,31Departments of Pediatrics, 2Radiological Sciences, 3Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles and Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA ...
Jason T Lerner+2 more
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ACTH vs Vigabatrin in Infantile Spasms
The comparative efficacy and safety of ACTH (110 IU/m2 once daily for 15 days) and vigabatrin (100-150 mg/kg/daily in bid doses) was evaluated by a retrospective analysis of medical records of 42 infants (21 in each group) with infantile spasms and ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Long-term outcomes in patients with West syndrome: An outpatient clinical study [PDF]
PurposeNearly half of all patients with seizure onset in the first year of life suffer from West syndrome (WS). The prognosis of epilepsy and psychosocial outcomes in children with WS are variable.
Benbir, Gülçin+5 more
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Interpretation of electroencephalography in infants
Aim: Based on published reports and our own observations, we aimed to assign the graphical elements of EEG into normal and abnormal groups and then identify up to five main graphic elements in each group to facilitate visual analysis and interpretation ...
A. G. Koshchavtsev, S. V. Grechanyi
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