Spasms, Infantile - Diagnosis
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Developing an animal model for infantile spasms: pathogenesis, problems and progress.

29 Jun 2009 Infantile spasms (IS), the most common of the early epileptic encephalopathies, afflicts thousands of children each year and results in significant disability. Also known as West syndrome, IS is characterized by intractable stereotyped seizures, ... Read more...

[Non epileptic paroxysmal movements disorders in infant]

8 Jun 2009 Paroxysmal non-epileptic disorders may cause episodic and paroxysmal symptoms that mimic true epileptic seizures and they must be considered in the differential diagnosis. Paroxysmal movement disorders are not uncommon in infants, but are probably ... Read more...

Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: normal outcome in a patient with late diagnosis after prolonged status epilepticus causing cortical blindness.

15 Mar 2009 We report on a male proband with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) and neonatal seizure onset. At the age of 31 months, a prolonged status epilepticus led to severe neurological regression with cortical blindness, loss of speech and muscular ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Spasms, Infantile - Diagnosis'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Developing an animal model for infantile spasms: pathogenesis, problems and progress. 29 Jun 2009
• [Non epileptic paroxysmal movements disorders in infant] 8 Jun 2009
• Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy: normal outcome in a patient with late diagnosis after prolonged status epilepticus causing cortical blindness. 15 Mar 2009
• A Feingold syndrome case with previously undescribed features and a new mutation. 30 Dec 2008
• Aicardi syndrome mimicking intrauterine hydrocephalus. 9 Nov 2008
• [Ohtahara syndrome--early infantile epileptic encephalopathy] 30 Oct 2008
• Long-term outcome of symptomatic infantile spasms established by video-electroencephalography (EEG) monitoring. 30 Oct 2008
• Abnormal fast activity in infancy with paroxysmal downwards gaze. 17 Sep 2008
• Paroxysmal fast activity: an interictal scalp EEG marker of epileptogenesis in children. 17 Sep 2008
• Infantile spasms in tuberous sclerosis complex: prognostic utility of EEG. 15 Sep 2008
• Electroencephalographic evolution of hypsarrhythmia: toward an early treatment option. 7 Jul 2008
• Infantile spasms is associated with deletion of the MAGI2 gene on chromosome 7q11.23-q21.11. 17 Jun 2008
• Risk of autism spectrum disorders after infantile spasms: a population-based study nested in a cohort with seizures in the first year of life. 11 Jun 2008
• Multiple intracranial tuberculomas associated with partial status epilepticus and refractory infantile spasms. 30 Mar 2008
• Balanced translocation in a patient with severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy disrupts the sodium channel gene SCN1A. 18 Feb 2008
• Spectral characteristics of EEG gamma rhythms associated with epileptic spasms. 18 Feb 2008
• The three stages of epilepsy in patients with CDKL5 mutations. 5 Feb 2008
• Etiologies, outcomes, and risk factors for epilepsy in infants: a case-control study. 2 Feb 2008
• [Epileptic seizures in childhood: from seizure type to diagnosis] 12 Jan 2008
• The management of infantile spasms. 9 Jan 2008

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Technical information about 'Spasms, Infantile'

Definition: An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)

Descriptor UI: D013036

Alternative terms: Spasms, Infantile; Infantile Spasm; Lightning Attacks; Attack, Lightning; Attacks, Lightning; Lightning Attack; West Syndrome; Syndrome, West; Infantile Spasms; Hypsarrhythmia; Hypsarrhythmias; Symptomatic Infantile Spasms; Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic; Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic; Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile; Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile; Symptomatic Infantile Spasm; Symptomatic West Syndrome; Syndrome, Symptomatic West; West Syndrome, Symptomatic; Nodding Spasm; Nodding Spasms; Spasm, Nodding; Spasms, Nodding; Salaam Attacks; Attacks, Salaam; Salaam Seizures; Seizures, Salaam; Spasmus Nutans; Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms; Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm; Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic; Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic; Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile; Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile; Cryptogenic West Syndrome; Syndrome, Cryptogenic West; West Syndrome, Cryptogenic; Jackknife Seizures; Jackknife Seizure; Seizure, Jackknife; Seizures, Jackknife;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.228.140.490.375.760;

History Note: 1977(1963)

Technical Notes: epileptic seizures only: do not confuse with SPASM + INFANT for non-epileptic seizures in inf such as in tetany or vitamin defic; check tag INFANT or INFANT, NEWBORN