Treatment of Symptomatic Infantile Spasms

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-5-7

Treatment of Symptomatic Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 5

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|May 2013

Abstract

Investigators at Tokyo Women's Medical University studied the clinical, radiological, and EEG characteristics of 69 patients with infantile spasms (IS) followed for 3-74 months (mean 18 months) after initial cessation of epileptic spasms (ES).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-27-5-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 37 - 38

Published on: May 1, 2013

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Infantile Spasms,

Epileptic Spasms,

West Syndrome

© 2013 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 27 (2013): Issue 5