Infantile spasms: A prognostic evaluation
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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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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0972-2327
DOI: 10.4103/0972-2327.173314