Infantile spasms represent a severe epileptic encephalopathy predominantly affecting early childhood, with West syndrome constituting a well‐defined clinical subset marked by a triad of spasms, ...

Children with infantile spasms, a rare form of epileptic seizures, should be treated with one of three recommended therapies and the use of non-standard therapies should be strongly discouraged, ...

Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology, CAS and Chinese PLA General Hospital Joint Team conduct series of investigations on Infantile Spasms Syndrome (IESS), also known as West syndrome, ...

Researchers have provided the first demonstration of a progressive increase in epileptic spasms along with learning and memory deficits in an animal model of this disorder. West syndrome, the most ...

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, a severe seizure disorder beginning in infancy, can prevent developmental delays. But non-Hispanic Black children are less likely ...

Shenyang Institute of Computing Technology, CAS and Chinese PLA General Hospital Joint Team conduct series of investigations on Infantile Spasms Syndrome (IESS), also known as West syndrome, ...

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While the seizures appear mild, if left untreated, the condition can cause permanent brain damage. Sherrie Judd’s daughter Adalind, has been diagnosed with infantile spasms, a form of epilepsy also ...

The model had an area under the receiver-operating-curve (AUC) of 0.96, with 82% sensitivity and 90% specificity, reported Gadi Miron, MD, of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany, at the ...

West syndrome, the most prevalent type of syndromic epileptic encephalopathy affecting infants, is a devastating and often fatal condition. It is characterized by a triad of symptoms – seizures/spasms ...