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Possible etiologies of West syndrome: evaluation of 95 patients
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Possible etiologies of West syndrome: evaluation of 95 patients

André Palma da Cunha Matta, Soraya Vilani Bonacorsi Chiacchio and Marcio Leyser
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, Vol.65(3A), pp.659-662
09/2007
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000400022
PMID: 17876410
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Abstract

To describe the etiologies of West syndrome (WS) among children followed in a rehabilitation center. Retrospective study with emphasis in the following items: gender, age at the diagnosis of WS and its etiology. The etiologies were divided into three categories: symptomatic, cryptogenic and idiopathic. Symptomatic cases were classified as follows: pre, post and perinatal. Ninety-five patients were included. Fifty-nine were boys (62%). Mean age at the diagnosis was 4.9 (+/- 5.0) months. There were 25 cryptogenic (26.3%), one idiopathic (1.1%) and 69 (72.6%) symptomatic cases, most of them of perinatal origin. Our findings are in agreement with the literature. In the future, as our knowledge in the field of WS and its diagnostic methods increase, there will be a small number of cryptogenic and idiopathic cases.
 Premature Birth Spasms, Infantile - physiopathology Spasms, Infantile - etiology Humans Child, Preschool Perinatal Care Infant Male Brain - abnormalities Psychomotor Performance - physiology Retrospective Studies Fetal Hypoxia - complications Infant, Newborn

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