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 ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - This week is Infantile Spasms Awareness Week, a time dedicated to making sure parents are aware of the signs of what doctors say is a medical emergency. Infantile spasms are ...

BALTIMORE -- Children with infantile spasms were not likely to have a sibling who also had infantile spasms, other forms of epilepsy, or autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a retrospective cohort study ...

Prompt diagnosis and treatment of infantile epileptic spasms syndrome, a severe seizure disorder beginning in infancy, can prevent developmental delays. But non-Hispanic Black children are less likely ...

Infantile spasms are sudden seizures occurring in brief clusters, often lasting just a few seconds. The symptoms of infantile spasms can range from mild head nodding to more intense movements like ...

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE), also called Ohtahara syndrome, is a rare disorder characterized by infantile spasms. It has an early onset and symptoms generally occur before the age ...

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, ...

Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS), often called infantile spasms, is the most common form of epilepsy seen during infancy. Prompt diagnosis and referral to a neurologist are essential. But ...

When Miguel Cervantes and his wife, Kelly, first found out something was wrong with their daughter, they “started Googling around about infantile spasms, and it was just terrifying,” Miguel Cervantes ...