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Confirmation of infantile spasms resolution by prolonged outpatient EEGs [PDF]

Epilepsia Open, 2021
Objective There is no consensus on the type or duration of the posttreatment EEG needed for assessing treatment response for infantile spasms (IS). We assessed whether outpatient electroencephalograms (EEGs) are sufficient to confirm infantile spasms (IS)
Christopher J. Yuskaitis, Kate Mysak, Brianna Godlewski, Bo Zhang, Chellamani Harini   +4 more
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Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Infantile Spasms [PDF]

Neurology International, 2022
Background: Infantile spasms are an age-specific epileptic disorder. They occur in infancy and early childhood. They can be caused by multiple etiologies. Structural abnormalities represent an important cause of infantile spasms. Brain magnetic resonance
Osama Y. Muthaffar
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Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1988
Four infants with partial seizures evolving to infantile spasms were investigated using simultaneous EEG-video-telemetry recording in the Dept of Pediatrics, Nagoya University, Nagoya, and Division of Pediatric Neurology, Central Hospital, Aichi ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Treatment of Infantile Spasms [PDF]

, 2011
Infantile spasms is an epileptic encephalopathy of early infancy with specific clinical and electroencephalographic (EEG) features, limited treatment options, and a poor prognosis.
Carl E. Stafstrom, Barry G.W. Arnason, Tallie Z. Baram, Anna Catania, Miguel A. Cortez, Tracy A. Glauser, Michael R. Pranzatelli, Raili Riikonen, Michael A. Rogawski, Shlomo Shinnar, John W. Swann   +10 more
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Infantile Spasms in Pediatric Down Syndrome: Potential Mechanisms Driving Therapeutic Considerations [PDF]

Children
Infantile spasms are common in Down Syndrome (DS), but the mechanisms by which DS predisposes to this devastating epilepsy syndrome are unclear.
Carl E. Stafstrom, Li-Rong Shao
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A Systematic Literature Review and Indirect Treatment Comparison of Efficacy of Repository Corticotropin Injection versus Synthetic Adrenocorticotropic Hormone for Infantile Spasms [PDF]

Journal of Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 2021
# Background Infantile spasms is a rare disease characterized by distinct seizures and hypsarrhythmia. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) is available as a natural product (repository corticotropin injection, [RCI]; Acthar® Gel) and as synthetic analogs.
Michael S. Duchowny, Ishveen Chopra, John Niewoehner, George J. Wan, Beth Devine   +4 more
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Efficacy analysis of oral dexamethasone in the treatment of infantile spasms and infantile spasms related Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. [PDF]

BMC Pediatr, 2023
Li J, Gao Y, Cao J, Cai F, Zhai X.
europepmc   +3 more sources

"West Syndrome-Infantile Spasms": A Pediatric Case Report. [PDF]

Int J Clin Pediatr Dent, 2021
Goswami M, Sharma S.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Seizure Prediction Analysis of Infantile Spasms

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 2023
Infantile spasms (IS) is a typical childhood epileptic disorder with generalized seizures. The sudden, frequent and complex characteristics of infantile spasms are the main causes of sudden death, severe comorbidities and other adverse consequences ...
Runze Zheng, Jiuwen Cao, Yuanmeng Feng, Xiaodan Zhao, Tiejia Jiang, Feng Gao   +5 more
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Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1989
Infantile spasms are a unique disorder of infancy and early childhood. The average age at onset of infantile spasms is 6 months and the average incidence of the disorder is approximately 0.31 per 1000 live births. Approximately one-quarter of patients will spontaneously stop having spasms within 1 year of onset.
R A, Hrachovy, J D, Frost
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