Epidemiology of Infantile Spasms in Iceland
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Infantile spasms.
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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Infantile spasms represent a seizure disorder with unique clinical and electroencephalographic (hypsarrhythmia) features and a poor prognosis including chronic intractable epilepsy and psychomotor retardation. The association of spasms and hypsarrhythmia, with or without mental retardation, defines West's syndrome. West's syndrome is not uncommon; the incidence is considered to be 0 16-0-42 per...
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Infantile Spasms is a rare disorder consisting of epileptic spasms that occur before the age of one year. This severe epilepsy affects about 0.31 in 1000 births with an average age at onset of 6 months. Treatment usually consists of hormonal therapies (adrenocorticotropic hormone or corticosteroids) or vigabatrin. Decisions about choice of therapy are complicated because these first-line treatm...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Neurology Briefs
سال: 1994
ISSN: 2166-6482,1043-3155
DOI: 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-11-6