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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
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/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>
<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>
<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1432088/pdf/nihms3016.pdf Prenatal corticosteroid impact on hippocampus: Implications for postnatal outcomes]</ref>
[[nl:Syndroom van West]]
[[nl:Syndroom van West]]

Revision as of 17:53, 3 August 2015

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.