Prompt diagnosis and treatment of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, a severe seizure disorder beginning in infancy, can prevent developmental delays. But non-Hispanic Black children are less likely ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Kate McKenzie was just 6 months old when she was diagnosed ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

Healio spoke with Eric Kossoff, MD, about screening, diagnosing and treating infantile spasms. “Infantile spasms is a condition that we actually do see a fair bit of,” he said. “Although it’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The model correctly identified 83% of movements that were infantile spasms. Researchers developed a digital tool ...

Infantile spasms represent a severe epileptic encephalopathy predominantly affecting early childhood, with West syndrome constituting a well‐defined clinical subset marked by a triad of spasms, ...

EXETER — One Exeter mother wanted the people around her to understand her child's rare illness, infantile spasms. So she wrote a children's book to help explain it to her family, friends, her child's ...

A groundbreaking study has found the underlying cause and a potential treatment for infantile spasms -- intractable epilepsy common in babies and with limited treatment options. Infantile spasm (IS) ...