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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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Infantile spasms are characterized by age-specific expression of epileptic spasms and hypsarrhythmia and often result in significant cognitive impairment. Other epilepsies or autism often ensue especially in symptomatic IS (SIS). Cortical or subcortical damage, including white matter, have been implicated in the pathogenesis of SIS. To generate a model of SIS, we recreated this pathology by inj...
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A syndrome of brief repetitive massive spasms involving the muscles of the neck, trunk, and limbs, accompanied by either regression or loss of motor and mental skills, was described by Dr. W. J. West, a practitioner in Tonbridge, in his own son (1841). Dr. West had taken the child to London for a consultation with Sir Charles Clarke who had already seen four cases of what he called the 'salaam ...
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BACKGROUND Infantile spasms (IS; West syndrome) is a severe form of encephalopathy that typically affects infants younger than 2 years old. Pediatricians, pediatric neurologists, and other pediatric health care providers are all potentially key early contacts for families who have an infant with IS. The objective of this article is to assist pediatric health care providers in the detection of t...
متن کاملInfantile spasms syndrome in monozygotic twins.
The infantile spasms syndrome appeared on the same day in a pair of monozygotic twins at age 6 months. Clinical, electroencephalographic, and neuroradiological findings during the development of the disease are reported. One of the twins was treated with ACTH and in his case clinical and electroencephalographic improvement was more rapid than in the other who was treated with clonazepam. While ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.60.4.469