In most cases of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia either disappears or improves during a cluster of spasms and / or REM sleep.
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"' Aicardi syndrome "'is a rare genetic corpus callosum, the presence of retinal abnormalities, and seizures in the form of infantile spasms.
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Vigabatrin is also indicated for monotherapy use in secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizures, partial seizures, and in infantile spasms due to West syndrome.
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Because Alison suffered rare infantile spasms shortly after birth, she suffered developmental delays that have left her functioning at the level of an 18-month old.
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The onset of infantile spasms at this age is due to closure of the final neural synapses in the brain, a stage of normal brain development.
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As a result, clonazepam is sometimes used for certain rare childhood epilepsies; however, it has been found to be ineffective in the control of infantile spasms.
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Infantile spasms usually occur between birth and the first year of life, and about 3, 000 children are affected each year in the United States, they said.
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The term " infantile spasms " can be used to describe the specific seizure manifestation in the syndrome, but is also used as a synonym for the syndrome itself.
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A significant number of girls are products of normal births and seem to be developing normally until around the age of three months, when they begin to have infantile spasms.
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ACTH gel, which is injected into muscles, is the first choice therapy used by doctors treating infantile spasms, a potentially devastating seizure condition sometimes known as West's syndrome, specialists said.
