ALLMedicine™ West Syndrome Center
Research & Reviews 233 results
https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.1991
Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine; Shen Y, Yuan M et. al.
May 26th, 2022 - West syndrome (WS) is an epileptic encephalopathy (EE) that begins in children 4-7 months of age (in rare cases older than 2 years). To date, over 30 genes that have been reported to be related to WS. Reports involving the extremely rare pathogeni...
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-022-03429-0 10.1016/S0387-7604(89)80063-4 10.1016/S0387-7604(12)80031-3 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.01.001 10.1111/epi.13709 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1996.tb01025.x 10.1212/WNL.45.11.2051 10.1016/j.seizure.2006.05.010
Journal of Medical Case Reports; Ota Y, Shimakawa S et. al.
May 24th, 2022 - Adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy for infantile spasms, including West syndrome, has been previously reported to induce seizures. We present the findings for a school-aged child with epilepsy who developed new focal seizures during adrenocortico...
https://doi.org/10.1080/00207454.2022.2078208
The International Journal of Neuroscience; Altunel A, Muduroglu-Kirmizibekmez A et. al.
May 17th, 2022 - The present study would like to investigate the effect of hypsarrhythmia paroxysms on neurological examination findings. This study enrolled 48 children with normal cranial magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) findings who were previously untreated w...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04086992
May 4th, 2022 - Infantile Spasms, historically call West Syndrome, is an infantile epileptic encephalopathy, typically occurring within the first two years of life. Infantile Spasms is often characterized by hypsarrhythmia on encephalogram (EEG) and developmental...
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1179970-print
Apr 13th, 2022 - Background The term epileptic encephalopathy describes a heterogeneous group of epilepsy syndromes associated with severe cognitive and behavioral disturbances. These disorders vary in their age of onset, developmental outcome, etiologies, neurops...
Clinicaltrials.gov 2 results
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04086992
May 4th, 2022 - Infantile Spasms, historically call West Syndrome, is an infantile epileptic encephalopathy, typically occurring within the first two years of life. Infantile Spasms is often characterized by hypsarrhythmia on encephalogram (EEG) and developmental...
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05279118
Mar 15th, 2022 - Consecutive children with West Syndrome (clinical spasm with EEG correlate) will be screened in the study centre for eligibility, and after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria they will be worked up for etiology. History will be taken and cl...
News 19 results
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/958889
Sep 16th, 2021 - Topical cannabidiol (CBD) gel, added to antiseizure medication, may help reduce seizures and improve quality of life in children with developmental and epileptic encephalopathies, according to the results of a nonrandomized controlled trial. Devel...
https://www.mdedge.com/pediatrics/article/211163/rare-diseases/rare-pediatric-diseases-special-report-2019
Oct 29th, 2019 - The Rare Pediatric Diseases Special Report is a supplement to Pediatric News that discusses advancements in the treatment of rare pediatric neuromuscular disorders like spinal muscular atrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, and X-linked myotubular.
https://www.mdedge.com/jcomjournal/article/207329/epilepsy-seizures/combo-therapy-outcomes-west-syndrome-prove-no-better?channel=325
Bruce Jancin
Aug 30th, 2019 - BANGKOK – The current gold standard for treatment of West syndrome remains hormonal therapy with either adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or high-dose prednisone as monotherapy rather than in combination with vigabatrin, Hiroki Nariai, MD, declar.
https://www.mdedge.com/neurology/article/207329/epilepsy-seizures/combo-therapy-outcomes-west-syndrome-prove-no-better
Bruce Jancin
Aug 30th, 2019 - BANGKOK – The current gold standard for treatment of West syndrome remains hormonal therapy with either adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) or high-dose prednisone as monotherapy rather than in combination with vigabatrin, Hiroki Nariai, MD, declar.
https://www.mdedge.com/jcomjournal/article/206272/epilepsy-seizures/neonatal-epileptic-syndromes-are-surprisingly-common/page/0/1?channel=39313
Aug 12th, 2019 - SEI etiologies A total of 14 patients had SEI because of an acquired syndrome attributed to brain injury, 31 were because of brain malformation, 21 involved single gene disorders, 9 were of chromosomal etiology, and 7 had a metabolic cause. The ke.
