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Cortical Hypometabolism in West Syndrome
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1997 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: Response to Valproate [PDF]
Frontiers in Neurology, 2012 Management of West syndrome is unsatisfactory. In our clinic we observed that a significant proportion of patients respond to usual dose of valproate.To prospectively assess the efficacy of valproate in controlling infantile spasms in West syndrome.Consecutive patients presenting with West syndrome to the Pediatric Neurology Clinic or general ...
Chandra, Surabhi +4 more
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Malang Neurology Journal, 2022 Background: Kabuki syndrome is a rare disease. In 2018, a global consensus on diagnostic criteria for Kabuki syndrome (KS) was published, diagnosing KS both with and without molecular genetic confirmation.
Marina Zhitomirskaya +3 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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Infantile Spasms: An Update on Pre-Clinical Models and EEG Mechanisms
Children, 2020 Infantile spasms (IS) is an epileptic encephalopathy with unique clinical and electrographic features, which affects children in the middle of the first year of life. The pathophysiology of IS remains incompletely understood, despite the heterogeneity of
Remi Janicot +2 more
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West Syndrome Remission Following Acute Viral Infection
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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Speech Language and Hearing Aspects in West Syndrome: A Single-Case Report
Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2023 West syndrome (WS), or infantile spasms, is a rare type of epilepsy that usually appears in the 1st year of life. It is characterized by a specific type of seizure called a spasm, which involves sudden, brief jerks of the arms, legs, or trunk.
Mukesh Sharma +2 more
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Neuromuscular Disorders, 2017 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most frequent muscular dystrophy in childhood, with a worldwide incidence of one in 5000 live male births. It is due to mutations in the dystrophin gene leading to absence of full-length dystrophin protein. Central nervous system involvement is well-known in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.
Cardas, R +10 more
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West syndrome: a comprehensive review. [PDF]
Neurol Sci, 2020 AbstractSince 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 relevant advances have been recorded in this uncommon disorder.
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