West Syndrome Causes, Symptoms and Treatment and Related Disorders
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West Syndrome (Infantile Spasms)
West syndrome, also called infantile spasms, is a disorder that involves spasms and developmental delay in children within the first year, usually in infants ages 4 - 8 months.
West Syndrome: West syndrome, also known as infantile spasm, involves a group of symptoms including spasms in infants, retardation of psychomotor development, and a particular abnormality on the electroencephalogram (EEG) known as hypsarrhythmia.
Synonym(s): West Syndrome
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What are Infantile Spasms?
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Generalised seizures affect the whole brain and include tonic-clonic seizures (previously known as grand mal and most common in children), infantile spasms (West syndrome) and absence seizures (previously known as petit mal) when the child appears to ...
Infantile spasms - also called West syndrome. Onset occurs during the first year. Clusters of jerks cause the baby to fall forward. It is a serious form of seizures.
West syndrome
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White Breath Holding see Reflex Anoxic Seizures
Wildervanck syndrome see Klippel-Feil syndrome
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X-linked infantile spasm syndrome (a form of epilepsy sometimes called West syndrome) and X-linked myoclonic epilepsy with mental retardation and spasticity both involve intellectual disability and epilepsy.
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For example, meningitis, head trauma, or bleeds into the brain may all predispose to LGS. About one quarter of children with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome will have a history of infantile spasms or West syndrome.
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as cortical dysplasia or occur as part of a genetic disorder called tuberous sclerosis. Many people with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have a history of recurrent seizures beginning in infancy (infantile spasms) or a related condition called West syndrome.
 See also: Seizures, Seizure, Infantile Spasms, Epilepsy, Injury
  
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