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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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Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings in Infantile Spasms
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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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 +5 more
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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.
R A, Hrachovy, J D, Frost
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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,
Baram, Tallie Z +3 more
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Brazilian experts' consensus on the treatment of infantile epileptic spasm syndrome in infants
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2023 Background Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) is a rare but severe condition affecting children early and is usually secondary to an identifiable brain disorder.
Letícia Pereira de Brito Sampaio +7 more
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Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2021 With telehealth services rescuing patients with chronic neurological disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a need for simplified teleneurology protocols for neurological disorders in children.
Priyanka Madaan +10 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy is a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by a mutation in the autoimmune regulator gene.
Go Kawano +9 more
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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
Baram, TZ +4 more
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A pulse rapamycin therapy for infantile spasms and associated cognitive decline
Neurobiology of Disease, 2011 Infantile spasms are seizures manifesting within a spectrum of epileptic encephalopathies of infancy that often lead to cognitive impairment. Their current therapies, including adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), high dose steroids, or vigabatrin, are ...
Emmanuel Raffo +4 more
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