title: [Patterns of the EEG records in children with West Syndrome].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  West Syndrome (WS) (infantile myoclonic encephalopathy with hypsarrhythmia--IMEH) belongs to the infantile epileptic encephalopathies and is characterized by infantile spasms, hypsarrythmia in EEG, and abnormal psychomotor development of children.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of the EEG patterns of patients with WS, correlation of the EEG patterns with the cause of epilepsy and an assessment of the influence of antiepileptic drugs (AEDs).
  
  
  METHODS
  EEG patterns of four children with symptomatic WS of different etiology (tuberous sclerosis, brain defects, autoimmune) were analyzed before and during treatment with various antiepileptic drugs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The basic pattern of EEG in children with WS is hypsarrhythmia. Variabilities of the patterns are the results of degree of development of the child's brain, the etiology of disease, as well as the effects of administration of different antiepileptic drugs..
authors.forename: Mariola
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rudzka-Dybała
authors.forename: Elzbieta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Szczepanik
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Terczyńska
mesh_terms: D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000150:complications; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D058256:Brain Waves / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014402:Tuberous Sclerosis / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants