"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)
Concept/Terms
Spasms, Infantile- Spasms, Infantile
- Infantile Spasm
- Infantile Spasms
- Lightning Attacks
- Attack, Lightning
- Attacks, Lightning
- Lightning Attack
- West Syndrome
- Syndrome, West
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
Nodding Spasm- Nodding Spasm
- Nodding Spasms
- Spasm, Nodding
- Spasms, Nodding
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
Jackknife Seizures- Jackknife Seizures
- Jackknife Seizure
- Seizure, Jackknife
- Seizures, Jackknife
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Spasms, Infantile" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Spasms, Infantile" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2008 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2011 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
2012 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2013 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2016 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2017 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
2018 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2019 | 14 | 2 | 16 |
2020 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2021 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
2022 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
2023 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Spasms, Infantile" by people in Profiles.
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CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder: Some Lessons Learned 20 Years After the First Description. Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2024 Mar 01; 129(2):101-109.
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Variable expression of MECP2, CDKL5, and FMR1 in the human brain: Implications for gene restorative therapies. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 27; 121(9):e2312757121.
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Adapting a measure of gross motor skills for individuals with CDKL5 deficiency disorder: A psychometric study. Epilepsy Res. 2024 Feb; 200:107287.
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Delays to care in infantile epileptic spasms syndrome: Racial and ethnic inequities. Epilepsia. 2024 Jan; 65(1):107-114.
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Long-term treatment with ganaxolone for seizures associated with cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 deficiency disorder: Two-year open-label extension follow-up. Epilepsia. 2024 Jan; 65(1):37-45.
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Development of an online calculator for the prediction of seizure freedom following pediatric hemispherectomy using the Hemispherectomy Outcome Prediction Scale (HOPS). Epilepsia. 2024 Jan; 65(1):46-56.
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CDKL5 deficiency disorder and other infantile-onset genetic epilepsies. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2024 Apr; 66(4):456-468.
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The development, content and response process validation of a caregiver-reported severity measure for CDKL5 deficiency disorder. Epilepsy Res. 2023 11; 197:107231.
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Clinical and biochemical footprints of inherited metabolic diseases. XV. Epilepsies. Mol Genet Metab. 2023 11; 140(3):107690.
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Comment: Amenable Treatable Severe Pediatric Epilepsies. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2023 10; 47:101073.