Response to magnesium sulfate and adrenocorticotropic hormone combination therapy for infantile spasms with failed first-line treatments. [PDF]
Wang Q+6 more
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Adapting Action Recognition Neural Networks for Automated Infantile Spasm Detection
Infantile spasms are a severe epileptic syndrome characterized by short muscular contractions lasting from 0.5 to 2 seconds. They are often misdiagnosed due to their atypical presentation, and treatment is frequently delayed, leading to stagnation or ...
Samuel Diop+4 more
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Vigabatrin-associated brain abnormalities on MRI in tuberous sclerosis complex patients with infantile spasms: are they preventable? [PDF]
Wan L+14 more
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How do the many etiologies of West syndrome lead to excitability and seizures? The corticotropin releasing hormone excess hypothesis. [PDF]
West syndrome (WS) is associated with diverse etiological factors. This fact has suggested that there must be a 'final common pathway' for these etiologies, which operates on the immature brain to result in WS only at the maturational state present ...
Baram, TZ, Brunson, KL, Eghbal-Ahmadi, M
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Enlargement of cardiac rhabdomyoma and myocardial ischaemia during corticotropin treatment for infantile spasm [PDF]
Sayuri Hiraishi
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Response to treatment and outcomes of infantile spasms in Down syndrome. [PDF]
Harvey S+10 more
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Effectiveness of ACTH in Patients with Infantile Spasms. [PDF]
Paprocka J+5 more
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Vigabatrin for Infantile Spasms
The efficacy of vigabatrin (VGB) as the first, and adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) or valproate (VPA) as the second, treatment of choice for newly diagnosed infantile spasms was evaluated in 42 infants treated at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Whole genomic approach in mutation discovery of infantile spasms patients. [PDF]
Lee S+5 more
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What are the reasons for the strikingly different approaches to the use of ACTH in infants with West syndrome? [PDF]
A large body of experience has been compiled in different countries, documenting the efficacy of adenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) for infantile spasms.
Baram, TZ
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