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Hormonal Therapy for Infantile Spasms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

open access: yesFrontiers 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
doaj   +1 more source

Relation of C-reactive protein to body fat distribution and features of the metabolic syndrome in Europeans and South Asians.

open access: yes, 2001
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between circulating C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations and indices of body fat distribution and the insulin resistance syndrome in South Asians and Europeans. DESIGN: : Cross-sectional study.
NG Forouhi   +23 more
core   +1 more source

Infection frequently triggers thrombotic microangiopathy in patients with preexisting risk factors : a single-institution experience [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Thrombotic microangiopathies are rare conditions characterized by microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, microthrombi, and multiorgan insult. The disorders, which include hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, are often acute and ...
Catlow, Jamie   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Valproate for Intractable Epilepsy

open access: yesPediatric 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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Persistent hyperplastic primary vitreous in a child with incontinentia pigmenti and infantile spasms

open access: yesOman 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
doaj   +1 more source

De novo PHACTR1 mutations in West syndrome and their pathophysiological effects

open access: yesBrain : a journal of neurology, 2018
Trio-based whole exome sequencing identified two de novo heterozygous missense mutations [c.1449T > C/p.(Leu500Pro) and c.1436A > T/p.(Asn479Ile)] in PHACTR1, encoding a molecule critical for the regulation of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) and the actin ...
Nanako Hamada   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Everolimus in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex–related West syndrome: First results from a single‐center prospective observational study

open access: yesEpilepsia, 2018
Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is the most common cause of West syndrome (WS). Currently available treatment options are ineffective in the majority of affected infants and/or associated with potential serious side effects. Based on the assumption that
Sharon Samueli   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Unusual cause of west syndrome

open access: yesJournal of Pediatric Neurosciences, 2017
Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome is a congenital neurocutaneous disorder, comprising of organoid epidermal nevus with a broad spectrum of multiorgan dysfunction (neurologic, skeletal, cardiovascular, ophthalmic, and urologic) secondary to postzygotic mutation in the early embryonic period.
Paramjeet Singh   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Quantification of Hypsarrhythmia in Infantile Spasmatic EEG: A Large Cohort Study

open access: yesIEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering
Infantile spasms (IS) is a neurological disorder causing mental and/or developmental retardation in many infants. Hypsarrhythmia is a typical symptom in the electroencephalography (EEG) signals with IS.
Ruolin Hou   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

WEST SYNDROME REVISITED

open access: yesЭпилепсия и пароксизмальные состояния, 2017
West syndrome is an epileptic syndrome, characterized by a triad of symptoms: infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia on interictal EEG, and a regression or delay of psycho-motoric development.
T. G. Okhapkina   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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