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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, Gulab Shamshad, Ibrahim Shahnaz, Saleem Taimur   +3 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, Noriko Salamon, Raman Sankar   +2 more
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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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Autism and mild epilepsy associated with a de novo missense pathogenic variant in the GTPase effector domain of DNM1

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part C: Seminars in Medical Genetics, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Dynamin 1 is a GTPase protein involved in synaptic vesicle fission, which facilitates the exocytosis of neurotransmitters necessary for normal signaling. Pathogenic variants in the DNM1 gene are associated with intractable epilepsy, often manifested as infantile spasms at onset, developmental delay, and a movement disorder, and are located in ...
Davide Mei, Elena Parrini, Claudia Bianchini, Maria Luisa Ricci, Renzo Guerrini   +4 more
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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, Eling, Paul, Pomper, Joern, Renier, Willy O   +3 more
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Treatment of infantile spasms: emerging insights from clinical and basic science perspectives. [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.
Arnason, Barry GW, Baram, Tallie Z, Catania, Anna, Cortez, Miguel A, Glauser, Tracy A, Pranzatelli, Michael R, Riikonen, Raili, Rogawski, Michael A, Shinnar, Shlomo, Stafstrom, Carl E, Swann, John W   +10 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, Hanson, RA, Horton, EJ, Mitchell, WG, Snead, OC   +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, Antonietta Coppola, Tomonori Ono, Stephen W. Briggs, Aristea S. Galanopoulou   +4 more
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The Epidemiology of Infantile Spasms [PDF]

Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques, 2001
Objective:The aim of this study was to estimate population based incidence rates for infantile spasms (IS) and to study our clinical impression that the incidence of IS has recently decreased in the Canadian Provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.Methods:Birth cohorts from 1978 to 1998, identified through the hospital health records, EEG ...
P M, Brna, K E, Gordon, J M, Dooley, E P, Wood   +3 more
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Optimal management of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex: current and emerging options. [PDF]

, 2014
Seizures are clinically significant manifestations associated with 79%-90% of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex. Often occurring within the first year of life in the form of infantile spasms, seizures interfere with neuropsychiatric, social, and ...
Fallah, Aria, Wang, Shelly
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