"Spasms, Infantile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)
Descriptor ID |
D013036
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MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.490.375.760 C10.228.140.490.493.875
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Concept/Terms |
Spasms, Infantile- Spasms, Infantile
- Infantile Spasm
- Infantile Spasms
- Lightning Attacks
- Attack, Lightning
- Attacks, Lightning
- Lightning Attack
- West Syndrome
- Syndrome, West
Jackknife Seizures- Jackknife Seizures
- Jackknife Seizure
- Seizure, Jackknife
- Seizures, Jackknife
Symptomatic Infantile Spasms- Symptomatic Infantile Spasms
- Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic
- Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic
- Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile
- Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile
- Symptomatic Infantile Spasm
- Symptomatic West Syndrome
- Syndrome, Symptomatic West
- West Syndrome, Symptomatic
Salaam Attacks- Salaam Attacks
- Attacks, Salaam
- Salaam Seizures
- Seizures, Salaam
Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms- Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms
- Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm
- Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic
- Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic
- Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile
- Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile
- Cryptogenic West Syndrome
- Syndrome, Cryptogenic West
- West Syndrome, Cryptogenic
Nodding Spasm- Nodding Spasm
- Nodding Spasms
- Spasm, Nodding
- Spasms, Nodding
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1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2011 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Spasms, Infantile" by people in Profiles.
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Phenotypic and genetic spectrum of ATP6V1A encephalopathy: a disorder of lysosomal homeostasis. Brain. 2022 08 27; 145(8):2687-2703.
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Efficacy, tolerability, and retention of fenfluramine for the treatment of seizures in patients with Dravet syndrome: Compassionate use program in Germany. Epilepsia. 2021 10; 62(10):2518-2527.
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Detection of a mosaic CDKL5 deletion and inversion by optical genome mapping ends an exhaustive diagnostic odyssey. Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2021 07; 9(7):e1665.
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Why West? Comparisons of clinical, genetic and molecular features of infants with and without spasms. PLoS One. 2018; 13(3):e0193599.
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Response to second treatment after initial failed treatment in a multicenter prospective infantile spasms cohort. Epilepsia. 2016 11; 57(11):1834-1842.
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Response to treatment in a prospective national infantile spasms cohort. Ann Neurol. 2016 Mar; 79(3):475-84.
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Reinitiation of mRNA translation in a patient with X-linked infantile spasms with a protein-truncating variant in ARX. Eur J Hum Genet. 2016 May; 24(5):681-9.
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Summary of recommendations for the management of infantile seizures: Task Force Report for the ILAE Commission of Pediatrics. Epilepsia. 2015 Aug; 56(8):1185-97.
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De novo mutations in SIK1 cause a spectrum of developmental epilepsies. Am J Hum Genet. 2015 Apr 02; 96(4):682-90.
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Clinical spectrum of epileptic spasms in children. Brain Dev. 2015 Jan; 37(1):37-48.