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'''West's syndrome''' or [[Epilepsy|epileptic spams]] is a rare condition of adult and children, it is related with [[Lennox–Gastaut syndrome |
'''West's syndrome''' or [[Epilepsy|epileptic spams]] is a rare condition of adult and children, it is related with [[Lennox–Gastaut syndrome |
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome]]
Lennox–Gastaut syndrome]]
 
ACTH was considered effective in treating infantile spams.
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1720348/pdf/v090p00379.pdf Corticosteroids in the management of the paediatric epilepsies]</ref><ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1032863/pdf/jnnpsyc00538-0050.pdf Adrenal cortex hormones in male epileptic patients before and during a 2-year phenytoin treatment] </ref>
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2482897/pdf/postmedj00426-0026.pdf EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD:Classification and Treatment]</ref>Prolonged prenatal stress or prenatal administration of corticosteroids may significantly alter
seizure susceptibility
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1432088/pdf/nihms3016.pdf Prenatal corticosteroid impact on hippocampus: Implications for postnatal outcomes]</ref>
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Helena Gaufin et al.2015 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455853/pdf/ndt-11-1291.pdf Being parents with epilepsy: thoughts on its consequences and difficulties affecting their children] Neuropsychiatic Disease and Treatment ;11:1291-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S74222. eCollection 2015.
Helena Gaufin et al.2015 [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4455853/pdf/ndt-11-1291.pdf Being parents with epilepsy: thoughts on its consequences and difficulties affecting their children] Neuropsychiatic Disease and Treatment ;11:1291-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S74222. eCollection 2015.
*[http://www.seizure-journal.com/article/S1059-1311(05)00026-9/pdf Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET and ictal 99mTc-HMPAO SPET in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: quantitative analysis by statistical parametric mapping, statistical probabilistic anatomical map, and subtraction ictal SPET.]
*[http://www.seizure-journal.com/article/S1059-1311(05)00026-9/pdf Diagnostic performance of 18F-FDG PET and ictal 99mTc-HMPAO SPET in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy: quantitative analysis by statistical parametric mapping, statistical probabilistic anatomical map, and subtraction ictal SPET.]
A review of the efficacy and safety of extended-release topiramate in the adjunctive treatment for refractory partial-onset seizure http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409552/pdf/10.1177_1756285615578406.pdf
 
*Chung S S. 2015. A review of the efficacy and safety of extended-release topiramate in the adjunctive treatment for refractory partial-onset seizure [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4409552/pdf/10.1177_1756285615578406.pdf Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders (3):131-6. doi: 10.1177/1756285615578406.]
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Latest revision as of 22:39, 18 May 2019

Disease classification WHO
G40.4 Epileptic spams

West's syndrome or epileptic spams is a rare condition of adult and children, it is related with Lennox–Gastaut syndrome ACTH was considered effective in treating infantile spams. [1][2] [3]Prolonged prenatal stress or prenatal administration of corticosteroids may significantly alter seizure susceptibility [4]

Links

Helena Gaufin et al.2015 Being parents with epilepsy: thoughts on its consequences and difficulties affecting their children Neuropsychiatic Disease and Treatment ;11:1291-8. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S74222. eCollection 2015.

References

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