Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH - a developing country perspective [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2010 Background: Infantile spasms represent a serious epileptic syndrome that occurs in the early infantile age. ACTH and Vigabatrin are actively investigated drugs in its treatment.
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The Epidemiology of Infantile Spasms [PDF]
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2001 Objective:The aim of this study was to estimate population based incidence rates for infantile spasms (IS) and to study our clinical impression that the incidence of IS has recently decreased in the Canadian Provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.Methods:Birth cohorts from 1978 to 1998, identified through the hospital health records, EEG ...
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How should children with West syndrome be efficiently and accurately investigated? Results from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium [PDF]
Epilepsia, 2015 Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/111205/1/epi12951 ...
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Clinical profile of vigabatrin as monotherapy for treatment of infantile spasms [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2010 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 ...
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The mystery of the Doctor's son, or the riddle of West syndrome. [PDF]
, 2002 Although the eponym "West syndrome" is used widely for infantile spasms, the originators of the term and the time frame of its initial use are not well known. This article provides historical details about Dr. West, about his son who had infantile spasms,
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Treatment of infantile spasms: emerging insights from clinical and basic science perspectives. [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.
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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.
Richard A. Hrachovy, James D. Frost
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Cerebrospinal fluid corticotropin and cortisol are reduced in infantile spasms. [PDF]
, 1995 Infantile spasms respond to ACTH, and levels of the hormone in cerebrospinal fluid of untreated infants with this disorder were found to be lower than in age-matched controls. In this study we analyzed cerebrospinal fluid cortisol and ACTH using improved
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Optimal management of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: current and emerging options. [PDF]
, 2014 Seizures are clinically significant manifestations associated with 79%-90% of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Often occurring within the first year of life in the form of infantile spasms, seizures interfere with neuropsychiatric, social, and ...
Fallah, Aria, Wang, Shelly
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Efficacy and tolerability of the Galanin Analog NAX 5055 in the multiple-hit rat model of symptomatic infantile spasms [PDF]
, 2013 Infantile spasms are seizures manifesting in infantile epileptic encephalopathies that are associated with poor epilepsy and cognitive outcomes. The current therapies are not always effective or are associated with serious side effects.
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