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Historical details about Dr West, his son, James Edward West, the patient with infantile spasms, and the coining of the eponym ‘West syndrome’ are researched by pediatric neurologists and colleagues at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Asymmetric epileptic spasms after corpus callosotomy in children with West syndrome may be a good indicator for unilateral epileptic focus and subsequent resective surgery [PDF]
Objective This retrospective study was designed to observe differences in ictal movements of epileptic spasm (ES) before and after corpus callosotomy (CC).
Daiki Uchida+7 more
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Visual Attention in West Syndrome
The maturation of visual attention is evaluated prospectively in a study of infants with West syndrome (WS) before, during and after the onset of seizures, followed until age 24 +/- 2 months at Catholic University, Rome, and University of Pisa, Italy.
J Gordon Millichap
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Aetiological aspects of west syndrome
INTRODUCTION. West Syndrome involves epileptic encephalopathy in infants, occurring with an incidence of 5/10000 live births. Its main clinical feature are spasms that occur in clusters, which are associated with an EEG pattern called hypsarrhythmia and psychomotor retardation in most patients.
B. Marjanović+5 more
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Cortical Hypometabolism in West Syndrome
Serial PET scans and MRIs were performed in 18 infants with West syndrome (WS) to determine the relation between cortical hypometabolism and delayed myelination in a study at Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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West Syndrome in an Infant With Vitamin B12 Deficiency Born to Autoantibodies Positive Mother
Infantile vitamin B12 deficiency, a rare nutritional disorder in developed countries, is characterized by megaloblastic anemia and non-specific symptoms, including failure to thrive, hypotonia, and seizure.
Pin Fee Chong+6 more
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Some of childhood epileptic syndromes reminds immunological etiologies with their good response to immuno-therapy and histopathological findings. These syndromes, such as Rasmussen encephalitis, FIRES, West syndrome, and Landau-Kleffner syndrome each of ...
Demet KINAY, Pınar TEKTÜRK
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Prenatal Etiologies of West Syndrome
The etiology of West syndrome (WS) with special reference to prenatal factors was investigated in 180 patients admitted between 1969 and 1990 to the Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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Management of West syndrome during COVID-19 pandemic: A viewpoint from South Asian West Syndrome Research Group. [PDF]
Sahu JK+7 more
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West syndrome due to vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 is one of the essential vitamins affecting various systems of the body. Vitamin B12 deficiency in infants often produces haematological and neurological deficits including macrocyticanaemia, neurodevelopmental delay or regression ...
Hepsen Mine Serin+2 more
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