Researchers at Texas Children’s Hospital have identified a possible cause of infantile spasms (IS) as well as a potentially novel way to treat this condition. The cause and potential treatment are ...

Introduction: Infantile spasms is an epileptic syndrome composed of epileptic seizure, spasms and hypsarrythmia on EEG, associated with psychomotor delay. NICE guidelines offer two first line ...

Infantile spasms are hard to diagnose, which can lead to treatment delays, according to the study authors. Children under age 2 with a rare disorder that causes spasms have frequent doctors’ visits ...

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) ...

Children with infantile spasms, a rare form of epileptic seizures, should be treated with one of three recommended therapies and the use of non-standard therapies should be strongly discouraged, ...

Sabril approved for infantile spasms and adult epileptic seizures The FDA has approved Sabril (vigabatrin, from Lundbeck) oral solution as monotherapy for infantile spasms in children 1 month to 2 ...

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, ...

Credit: Pyros Pharmaceuticals. The prescribing information for Vigpoder carries a Boxed Warning associated with a risk for permanent vision loss. Vigpoder ™ (vigabatrin) for oral solution has been ...

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Infantile spasm (IS) is a severe epileptic syndrome of infancy and accounts for 50% of all epilepsy cases that occur in babies during the first year of life. Current treatment options for this ...