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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, Mansha Parmar, Santosh Kumar   +2 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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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
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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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"Electro-clinical Syndromes" with onset in Paediatric Age. the highlights of the clinical-EEG, genetic and therapeutic advances [PDF]

, 2011
The genetic causes underlying epilepsy remain largely unknown, and the impact of available genetic data on the nosology of epilepsy is still limited.
PARISI, Pasquale, Alberto Verrotti, PAOLINO, MARIA CHIARA, CASTALDO, Rosa, Filomena Ianniello, FERRETTI, ALESSANDRO, Francesco Chiarelli, VILLA, MARIA PIA   +7 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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Valproate for Intractable Epilepsy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1992
The efficacy and side effects of high dose valproic acid (VPA) therapy in 46 children with refractory epilepsy were studied at the Department of Child Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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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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The effect of atorvastatin on pancreatic beta cell requirement in women with polycystic ovary syndrome [PDF]

, 2017
Background There is an increased risk of developing T2DM in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and there is evidence that statins improve metabolic parameters in these patients.
Atkin, Stephen L., Coady, Anne Marie, Kilpatrick, Eric S., Sathyapalan, Thozhukat   +3 more
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