1970
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1970.tb01934.x
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Long‐Term Prognosis in Infantile Spasms: A Follow‐up Report on 112 cases

Abstract: SUMMAY A long‐term follow‐up study has been made of 98 children, aged five years or more, with infantile spasms, 58 of whom had been treated with steroids. 18 had died, mostly before the age of four years. Of the 80 survivors only 9 still had spasms, but nearly two‐thirds of the patients had other types of fit at some time, and only a third were free from all types of epilepsy at follow‐up. Neurological abnormality was present in half the children, being most common in those with a history of perinatal insult.… Show more

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“…Several early reports of children with ISS described hyperkinesis, but the nature and significance of the finding remained unclear [36, 42]. The use of the term “cerebral palsy” as a putative “predisposing cause” may obscure recognition of a movement disorder as a specific feature associated with ISS [43, 44].…”
Section: Infantile Spasms and Movement Disordersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several early reports of children with ISS described hyperkinesis, but the nature and significance of the finding remained unclear [36, 42]. The use of the term “cerebral palsy” as a putative “predisposing cause” may obscure recognition of a movement disorder as a specific feature associated with ISS [43, 44].…”
Section: Infantile Spasms and Movement Disordersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There have been a large number of reports on the clinical, biochemical, electroencephalographic and pathological aspects of infantile spasms since the description by Gibbs and Gibbs (1952) of a characteristic EEG abnormality associated with such spasms and the report by Sore1 and Dusaucy-Bauloye (1958) of the remarkable effect of ACTH in their control. However, little has been added to our knowledge on the subject since the publication of the comprehensive monographs by Jeavons and Bower (1964) and Gastaut et al (1964). A recent long-term follow-up study has come to the conclusion that the advent of new potent drugs has not changed the final prognosis of this disorder (Jeavons et al 1970).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, little has been added to our knowledge on the subject since the publication of the comprehensive monographs by Jeavons and Bower (1964) and Gastaut et al (1964). A recent long-term follow-up study has come to the conclusion that the advent of new potent drugs has not changed the final prognosis of this disorder (Jeavons et al 1970).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The typical pattern of hypsarrhythmia has been reported to occur in 7% to 75% of patients with infantile spasms (Alva-Moncayo et al, 2002, Anandam, 1983, Druckman and Chao, 1955, Jacobi and Neirich, 1992, Jeavons et al, 1970, Kholin et al, 2002, Vacca et al, 1992. In many of the other patients, variations or modifications of the originally described pattern are seen (Hrachovy and Frost, 2003).…”
Section: Intericatal Eeg -Hypsarrhythmiamentioning
confidence: 99%