Developmental profile at initial presentation in children with infantile spasms
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Infantile spasms in children with Down syndrome.
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation. It is estimated that 5-13% of persons affected by DS have seizures. Infantile spasms are the most common type of seizures and usually are well controlled with steroids and antiepileptic drugs. We present 11 children at the age of 3 years and 4 months to 10 years and 7 months with DS and infantile spasms, treated at Child...
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The treatment of children suffering from the type of seizure which is part of the syndrome of infantile spasms has been disappointing since 1841. At this time Dr. W. J. West first described the attacks in his own son and was treating the child with leeches, calomel purgatives, and gum lancing. Though these measures and the others used in the cases later described by Newnham (-1849) may seem biz...
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Infantile spasms constitute both a distinctive seizure type and an age-specific epilepsy syndrome that have been extensively described for over a century. Standardization of the classification of infantile spasms has evolved, culminating in recent recommendations for separately recognizing and distinguishing the seizure type (spasms or epileptic spasms) and the epilepsy syndrome of infantile sp...
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Overview Infantile spasms, also known as West syndrome, is a catastrophic childhood epilepsy with seizures that are difficult to control; it is associated with mental retardation. It usually has an onset during the first year of life, and typically between 4 and 8 months. Early recognition, careful diagnostic evaluation, and proper treatment may allow some children to attain seizure control and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0012-1622,1469-8749
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14205