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Burden of fetal alcohol syndrome in a rural West Coast area of South Africa [PDF]

, 2013
Background. Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is common in parts of South Africa; rural residence is a frequently cited risk factor. We conducted a FAS school prevalence survey of an isolated rural community in a West Coast village of Western Cape Province ...
Chersich, Matthew, Olivier, L, Temmerman, Marleen, Urban, M, Viljoen, D   +4 more
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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, Eling, Paul, Pomper, Joern, Renier, Willy O   +3 more
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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, Li-Rong Shao, Carl E. Stafstrom   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical disorders affecting mesopic vision [PDF]

, 2006
Vision in the mesopic range is affected by a number of inherited and acquired clinical disorders. We review these conditions and summarize the historical background, describing the clinical characteristics alongside the genetic basis and molecular ...
Abramowicz M., Ahmed F., Ahmed F., Al-Kubaisy W., Asrat Y., Ayyagari R., Baillie I., Bergen H. R., Berson E., Bloem M., Bordley J., Bret-Dibat C., Brink E., Burstedt M., Burstedt M., Capon M., Carr R., Carr R., Chisholm C., Christian P., Cunier F., de Pee S., DOG, Donnen P., Duke-Elder S., Fishman G., Fuchs A., Fuchs A., Gross-Jendroska M., Guy J., Haidar J., Hartmann E., Hayashi T., Hayashi T., Heckenlively J., Kalloniatis M., Kamei M., Kellner U., Kolling G., Lauber H., Lei B., Lorenz B., Main A., Marmor M., Marmor M., McBain V., Mele L., Milam A., Miyake Y., Miyake Y., Miyake Y., Mizuo A., Morimura H., Nabakwe E., Nettleship E., Oguchi C., Onder C., Parker W., Perlman I., Pesudovs K., Phelan J., Polans A., Polkinghorne P., Ramalho R., Reiner J., Resnikoff S., Ripps H., Rosen D., Rosen D., Rougier M., Ruiz-Martin M., Saunders C., Sawyer R., Schaumberg D., Schemann J., Schlote T., Schubert G., Sharp D., Shaw C., Skinner H., Smith R. A. J., Sommer A., Somner A., Sorsby A., Souied E., Spalton D., Stephenson S., Stockman A., Tabata Y., Takeuchi T., Taren D., Thirkill C., Tielsch J., Underwood B., Uyemura M., Weinstein J., Weiss J., Weiss N., Wolf G., Wolf G., Wolfe J. E.   +100 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
doaj   +1 more source

Modernising epidemic science: enabling patient-centred research during epidemics [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Emerging and epidemic infectious disease outbreaks are a significant public health problem and global health security threat. As an outbreak begins, epidemiological investigations and traditional public health responses are generally mounted ...
Horby, Peter W., Rojek, Amanda M.
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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
doaj   +1 more source

A Novel DNA Repair Disorder With Thrombocytopenia, Nephrosis, and Features Overlapping Cockayne Syndrome [PDF]

, 2009
We report on four siblings with Cockayne-like syndrome with thrombocytopenia and nephrotic syndrome. The parents were healthy and consanguineous, consistent with an autosomal recessive mode of disease inheritance.
Cockayne, Funaki, Hirooka, Kruglyak, Lehmann, Lehmann, Mallery, Mayne, Nance, Reiss, Sato, Tan   +11 more
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What's the Risk? Older Women Report Fewer Symptoms for Suspected Acute Coronary Syndrome than Younger Women. [PDF]

, 2018
The purpose of the study was to determine whether older (≥65 years) and younger (<65 years) women presenting to the emergency department (ED) with symptoms suggestive of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) varied on risk factors, comorbid conditions ...
Breen, Katherine, Burke, Larisa A, DeVon, Holli A, Mirzaei, Sahereh, Robinson, Nadia, Vuckovic, Karen, Zegre-Hemsey, Jessica   +6 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.
Pavone P, Polizzi A, Marino SD, Corsello G, Falsaperla R, Marino S, Ruggieri M.   +6 more
europepmc   +6 more sources