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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ketogenic diet is a nonpharmacologic treatment for epilepsy. Infantile spasm is a particular form of epilepsy in infants characterized by a high level of resistance to antiepileptic drugs and a ...

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 ...

A mum whose daughter was diagnosed with infantile spasms last year has shared a video of what they look like, so parents know what to look out for. Sherrie Judd, from Australia, explained that when ...

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, ...

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 ...

Infantile spasms, or west syndrome, is a rare type of epilepsy in children. It is considered an epileptic encephalopathy or severe brain disorder. It is a complex and rare disorder that can have very ...

Infantile spasms Infantile spasms syndrome is a rare childhood epilepsy disorder. Since some evidence suggests that earlier treatment is associated with better outcomes, providers are encouraged to ...