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West's syndrome
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.
- Chung S S. 2015. A review of the efficacy and safety of extended-release topiramate in the adjunctive treatment for refractory partial-onset seizure Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders (3):131-6. doi: 10.1177/1756285615578406.
- ↑ Corticosteroids in the management of the paediatric epilepsies
- ↑ Adrenal cortex hormones in male epileptic patients before and during a 2-year phenytoin treatment
- ↑ EPILEPSY IN CHILDHOOD:Classification and Treatment
- ↑ Prenatal corticosteroid impact on hippocampus: Implications for postnatal outcomes