West syndrome: a comprehensive review. [PDF]
Neurol Sci, 2020 Since its first clinical description (on his son) by William James West (1793–1848) in 1841, and the definition of the classical triad of (1) infantile spasms; (2) hypsarrhythmia, and (3) developmental arrest or regression as “West syndrome”, new and ...
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"West Syndrome-Infantile Spasms": A Pediatric Case Report. [PDF]
Int J Clin Pediatr Dent, 2021 West syndrome is a rare, severe form of epilepsy with onset in infancy and early childhood. It combines episodes of epileptic spasms that occur in a cluster, an abnormal pattern of interictal electroencephalogram termed as hypsarrhythmia and ...
Goswami M, Sharma S.
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Epilepsy and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in a Cohort of West Syndrome Beyond Two Years of Age. [PDF]
Indian J Pediatr, 2022 To determine epilepsy and neurodevelopmental outcomes beyond 2 y of age and their putative prognostic factors in children with West syndrome (WS). This cross-sectional study was initiated after approval from Institutional Ethics Committee.
Aramanadka R +5 more
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A Rare Cause of Hemoptysis in West Syndrome—Isolated Aortopulmonary Collaterals in Structurally Normal Heart [PDF]
Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, 2021 Major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) are abnormal systemic to pulmonary collateral vessels originating from the persistent segmental arteries.
Kramadhari Harshith +2 more
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West Syndrome Is an Exceptional Presentation of Pyridoxine- and Pyridoxal Phosphate-Dependent Epilepsy: Data From a French Cohort and Review of the Literature. [PDF]
Front Pediatr, 2021 Objective: To characterize the electro-clinical presentation of patients with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) and pyridoxal phosphate (PLP)-dependent epilepsy in order to determine whether some of them could be diagnosed as de novo West syndrome, i ...
Gibaud M +15 more
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Management practices for West syndrome in South Asia: A survey study and meta-analysis. [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2020 Objectives Considering the dearth of literature on West syndrome (WS) from South Asian countries, this study aimed to evaluate the management practices in South Asia by an online survey and meta‐analysis.
Madaan P +10 more
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Metabolic etiologies in West syndrome [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2018 West syndrome (WS) is an early life epileptic encephalopathy associated with infantile spasms, interictal electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities including high amplitude, disorganized background with multifocal epileptic spikes (hypsarrhythmia), and ...
Seda Salar, S. Moshé, A. Galanopoulou
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Hemizygous FLNA variant in West syndrome without periventricular nodular heterotopia. [PDF]
Hum Genome Var, 2020 Pathogenic FLNA variants can be identified in patients with seizures accompanied by periventricular nodular heterotopia (PVNH). It is unusual to find FLNA aberrations in epileptic patients without PVNH on brain imaging.
Hiromoto Y +11 more
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West Syndrome Remission Following Acute Viral Infection [PDF]
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2011 Researchers at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, report 11 children with intractable epilepsy (West syndrome in 6 and myoclonic seizures in 5) who showed clinical and electrographic improvement following acute viral infection.
J Gordon Millichap
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Low-Dose ACTH for West Syndrome
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002 The initial effects, adverse effects, and long-term outcome in 138 patients with West syndrome (WS) treated with low-dose synthetic ACTH were analyzed in a multi-institutional retrospective study reported from the Department of Pediatrics, Shiga Medical ...
J Gordon Millichap
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