Seizure Prediction Analysis of Infantile Spasms
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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Clinical profile and treatment of infantile spasms using vigabatrin and ACTH - a developing country perspective [PDF]
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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Clinical profile of vigabatrin as monotherapy for treatment of infantile spasms [PDF]
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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Current trends in the treatment of infantile spasms [PDF]
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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Limited efficacy of zonisamide in the treatment of refractory infantile spasms
A series of relatively small studies collectively suggest that zonisamide may be effective in the treatment of infantile spasms. Using a large single‐center cohort of children with infantile spasms, we set out to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ...
Shaun A. Hussain+7 more
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Neurotransmission Sex Dichotomy in the Rat Hypothalamic Paraventricular Nucleus in Healthy and Infantile Spasm Model [PDF]
We 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.
Dumitru Andrei Iacobas+6 more
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Infantile Spasms in Children With Down Syndrome: Identification and Treatment Response
Objectives. To evaluate infantile spasms in children with Down syndrome including assessment of efficacy of treatments, presence of treatment lag, and to identify risk factors that may predict the occurrence of infantile spasms in this population ...
Dee Daniels CPNP, RN, MSN+5 more
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Infantile Spasms in Pediatric Down Syndrome: Potential Mechanisms Driving Therapeutic Considerations [PDF]
Infantile 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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Literature on the genotypic spectrum of Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome (IESS) in children is scarce in developing countries. This multicentre collaboration evaluated the genotypic and phenotypic landscape of genetic IESS in Indian children.
Balamurugan Nagarajan+23 more
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Mechanisms of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: What have we learned from animal models?
The devastating developmental and epileptic encephalopathy of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS) has numerous causes, including, but not limited to, brain injury, metabolic, and genetic conditions.
Andy Cheuk-Him Ng+4 more
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