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Infantile epileptic spasm syndrome: predictors of short- and long-term outcomes. [PDF]

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Infantile spasms

Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 2001
Infantile spasms is a catastrophic form of epilepsy found only in infants and young toddlers, with the peak incidence between 4 - 7 months of age. Estimated prevalence is 1 in 2000 - 6000 live births. There are many causes of infantile spasms, including tuberous sclerosis, hypoxic-ischaemic injury, congenital infectious diseases, inborn errors of ...
M, Wong, E, Trevathan
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Infantile Spasms

Neurologic Clinics, 1990
Infantile spasms are a seizure disorder in young infants with diverse etiologies, suggesting that they arise from any disturbance of central nervous system function during susceptible periods of development. The prognosis for normal intellectual and neurologic development parallels that of the underlying etiology.
G B, Bobele, J B, Bodensteiner
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The management of infantile spasms

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2008
Infantile spasms (IS) is the most frequent epilepsy syndrome in infancy. Although the consensus triad of spasms in clusters with hypsarrhythmia adversely affecting psychomotor development1 seems quite straightforward, the great variability of each component is a challenge not only to the clinician involved in management of the condition but also to the
Isabelle, Desguerre   +2 more
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PROGNOSIS IN INFANTILE SPASMS

Pediatrics, 1958
A follow-up study has been conducted on 27 patients who had infantile spasms and normal electroencephalograms before the age of 1 year, and who did not have hypsarhythmia, the electroencephalographic abnormality which is usual in this condition. The purpose of the study was to determine whether the absence of electroencephalographic abnormality alters ...
L L, BURNETT, E L, GIBBS, F A, GIBBS
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Vigabatrin for infantile spasms

Pediatric Neurology, 2002
We reviewed 20 infants receiving vigabatrin for infantile spasms. Patients were not enrolled in a formal study. All families obtained the medication abroad. Age at initiation of vigabatrin ranged from 1 to 48 months; nine infants had received prior treatment with various antiepileptic medications. Patients were begun on the lowest practical dose of 125-
Wendy G, Mitchell, Namrata S, Shah
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