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The spectrum and efficacy of antiepileptic drugs in patients with infantile spasms in Russia
Эпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2018 Recently, the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) defined epileptic spasms as a separate type of seizures. According to the international recommendations, the treatment of infantile spasms (IS) begins with hormones or vigabatrin (in the cases ...
T. G. Okhapkina +5 more
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Treatment of Symptomatic Infantile Spasms
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2013 Investigators at Tokyo Women's Medical University studied the clinical, radiological, and EEG characteristics of 69 patients with infantile spasms (IS) followed for 3-74 months (mean 18 months) after initial cessation of epileptic spasms (ES).
J Gordon Millichap
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Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2002 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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Metabolic etiologies in West syndrome [PDF]
Epilepsia Open, 2018 SummaryWest 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 often neurodevelopmental impairments.
Salar, Seda +2 more
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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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Hormonal Therapy for Infantile Spasms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 ObjectiveThe limitations of adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH) treatment for infantile spasms (ISs), such as high costs, limited availability, and adverse effects (AEs), make it necessary to explore whether corticosteroids are optimal alternatives. Many
Shiqi Guang +6 more
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Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous in a child with incontinentia pigmenti and infantile spasms
Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2022 Incontinentia pigmenti (IP) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome of X-linked dominant inheritance (1:40000 births in the Caucasian population) which is usually lethal in males.
Siddharth Madan, Zia Chaudhuri
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Ictal SPECT Focal Hyperperfusion in West Syndrome
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2007 Ictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and EEG were used to determine the mechanism of clustered spasms in 3 patients with symptomatic West syndrome (WS), in a study at Tokushima University, Japan.
J Gordon Millichap
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Prolonged EEG Depression as a Predictor of West Syndrome in Term Infants with HIE
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2011 Seventeen term and near-term infants with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) were studied at Okazaki City Hospital and other centers in Japan to clarify the relationship between prolonged depression of the EEG and later development of West syndrome ...
J Gordon Millichap
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A Novel PAFAH1B1 Splicing Variant Identified in a Patient with Classical Lissencephaly
Tokyo Women's Medical University Journal, 2020 Lissencephaly is a severe brain malformation associated with abnormal formation of cerebral sulci. Until now, many genes related to lissencephaly have been identified.
Tomoe Yanagishita +5 more
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