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Epilepsia Open, 2021 Etiological classification of infantile spasms syndrome (ISS) is important, considering the influence on prognosis based on the presence or absence of a known etiology.
J. Wanigasinghe +9 more
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1989 Infantile spasms are a unique disorder of infancy and early childhood. The average age at onset of infantile spasms is 6 months and the average incidence of the disorder is approximately 0.31 per 1000 live births. Approximately one-quarter of patients will spontaneously stop having spasms within 1 year of onset.
Richard A. Hrachovy, James D. Frost
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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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Antiepileptogenic effects of rapamycin in a model of infantile spasms due to structural lesions
Epilepsia, 2021 Infantile spasms may evolve into persistent epilepsies including Lennox‐Gastaut syndrome. We compared adult epilepsy outcomes in models of infantile spasms due to structural etiology (multiple‐hit model) or focal cortical inflammation and determined the ...
Ozlem Akman +4 more
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Investigations in West Syndrome: Which, When and Why
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2015 Investigators from the National Infantile Spasms Consortium (NISC) in the USA studied the etiology of new-onset infantile spasms (IS) in 251 infants (mean age at onset, 7.1, range, 0.1-22.7 months).
Richard E Appleton
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: Epilepsy is the most common neurological manifestation in individuals with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC). However, real-world evidence on diagnosis and treatment patterns is limited.
Rima Nabbout +30 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 ...
Paula Brna +3 more
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Safety and Efficacy of Vigabatrin for the Treatment of Infantile Spasms
Journal of Central Nervous System Disease, 2011 In 2009, vigabatrin became the first FDA approved medication for the treatment of infantile spasms in the United States. There are few well-designed prospective studies comparing the drug to placebo or other modalities used in the treatment of infantile ...
Michele A. Faulkner, Justin A. Tolman
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Genetic Classification of Infantile Spasms
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2012 Researchers from University of Washington, Seattle, WA, and Washington University, St Louis, MO propose a genetic and biologic classification of infantile spasms. Infantile spasms are of 2 main groups: those with known or unknown predisposing genotypes.
J Gordon Millichap
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