title: Infantile spasms: West syndrome.
abstract: West syndrome is an epileptic syndrome with a devastating clinical course. In recent years, anatomic and functional neuroimaging studies have helped to diagnose the cause of the spasms in most children, but with little progress in improving the poor developmental outcome associated with this syndrome. This article cites 4 seminal observations regarding the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of infantile spasms.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Hôpital Ste-Justine, 3175 Côte Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1C5. lionel.carmant@umontreal.ca
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carmant
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history*; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D006113:United Kingdom