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 +4 more
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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 ...
Jason T Lerner +2 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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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.
Ishaque Sidra +3 more
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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 +10 more
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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 +4 more
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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 ...
Elaine C Wirrell +2 more
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Infantile Spasms in Pediatric Down Syndrome: Potential Mechanisms Driving Therapeutic Considerations [PDF]
ChildrenInfantile 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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Current trends in the treatment of infantile spasms [PDF]
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, 2009 Chang-Yong TsaoClinical Pediatrics and Neurology, The Ohio State University, College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USAAbstract: Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic ...
Chang-Yong Tsao
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