Infantile spasms, or West syndrome, is a rare condition marked by subtle seizures in a baby, usually within their first year of life. While the seizures may be subtle, they can have serious ...

Martina Bebin, MD, MPA, professor of neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham Epilepsy Center, discussed Infantile Spasms Awareness Week, the strides made within the field, and the emphasis on ...

Lidia Molinara, a health care advisor, spoke about Infantile spasms that typically happens in children between 3-12 months of age. In a social media post, she wrote in detail on how to take care of ...

Healio spoke with Eric Kossoff, MD, about screening, diagnosing and treating infantile spasms. “Infantile spasms is a condition that we actually do see a fair bit of,” he said. “Although it’s ...

May 24, 2004 — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) and the Child Neurology Society (CNS) developed new guidelines for the treatment of infantile spasms, which are published in the May 25 issue of ...

BALTIMORE -- Children with infantile spasms were not likely to have a sibling who also had infantile spasms, other forms of epilepsy, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a retrospective cohort study ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 6, 2016 -- Many infants with a rare form of epilepsy known as infantile spasms aren't promptly diagnosed, and that delay can lead to devastating health consequences, new research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model correctly identified 83% of movements that were infantile spasms. Researchers developed a digital tool ...

One survey indicated that two-thirds of providers utilize ACTH as first-line treatment for patients with IS. 1 Recent studies show that ACTH is not only successful at treating spasms, but is also ...

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, ...