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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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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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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Neurotransmission Sex Dichotomy in the Rat Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus in Healthy and Infantile Spasm Model [PDF]
Current Issues in Molecular BiologyWe profiled the gene expressions in the hypothalamic paraventricular nuclei of 12 male and 12 female pups from a standard rat model of infantile spasms to determine the sex dichotomy of the neurotransmission genomic fabrics.
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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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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 ...
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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.
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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.
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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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