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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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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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Tuber Locations Associated with Infantile Spasms Map to a Common Brain Network
Annals of Neurology, 2021 Approximately 50% of patients with tuberous sclerosis complex develop infantile spasms, a sudden onset epilepsy syndrome associated with poor neurological outcomes.
A. Cohen +16 more
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Response to sequential treatment with prednisolone and vigabatrin in infantile spasms
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2022 To report response to first treatment in infants with infantile spasms (IS), including incremental benefit of prednisolone 60 mg/day and vigabatrin following prednisolone 40 mg/day failure in infants commenced on the United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study
W. Dzau +6 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 +10 more
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Русский журнал детской неврологии, 2015 Epileptic spasms are epileptic seizures with sudden flexion/extension or of the mixed flexion and extension type, mainly involving the proximal and truncal muscles, that are normally longer than myoclonic seizures but shorter than tonic seizures, and ...
K. Yu. Mukhin, M. B. Mironov
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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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Comparative Effectiveness of Initial Treatment for Infantile Spasms in a Contemporary US Cohort
Neurology, 2021 Objective To compare the effectiveness of initial treatment for infantile spasms. Methods The National Infantile Spasms Consortium prospectively followed up children with new-onset infantile spasms that began at age 2 to 24 months at 23 US centers (2012 ...
Z. Grinspan +20 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
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Brain Communications, 2021 Infantile spasms (IS) syndrome is a catastrophic, epileptic encephalopathy of infancy that is often refractory to current antiepileptic therapies. The ketogenic diet (KD) has emerged as an alternative treatment for patients with medically intractable ...
Anamika Choudhary +8 more
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