Epileptic Disorders
MENUClinical features and electroclinical evolution in 22 cases with epileptic spasms without hypsarrhythmia Volume 22, issue 1, February 2020
Authors
Aim
1 Division of Neurology, Saitama Children's Medical Center,
2 Department for Child Health and Human Development, Saitama Children's Medical Center
2-1 Shin-toshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama, Japan
2-1 Shin-toshin, Chuo-ku, Saitama-city, Saitama, Japan
* Correspondence: Reiko Koichihara
Division of Neurology,
Saitama Children's Medical Center,
2-1 Shin-toshin, Chou-ku,
Saitama-city, Saitama, 330-8777, Japan
- Key words: adrenocorticotropic hormone, electroencephalogram, hypsarrhythmia, infantile spasms, treatment, West syndrome
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2020.1130
- Page(s) : 73-82
- Published in: 2020
This study aimed to investigate the general presentation of epileptic spasms without hypsarrhythmia (ESwoH) and retrospectively determine whether there are differences in treatment effects related to ACTH therapy, long-term seizure outcome, and evolution of EEG features according to pre-treatment EEG patterns.