The effect of lead time to treatment and of age of onset on developmental outcome at 4 years in infantile spasms: Evidence from the United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study

O’Callaghan, Finbar; Lux, Andrew; Darke, Katrina; W. Edwards, Stuart; Hancock, Eleanor; L. Johnson, Anthony; Kennedy, Colin; Newton, Richard; Verity, Christopher; Osborne, John

doi:10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03127.x

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The effect of lead time to treatment and of age of onset on developmental outcome at 4 years in infantile spasms: Evidence from the United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study

Published in Epilepsia • Jun 10, 2011

Authors:

Finbar O’Callaghan

Andrew Lux

Katrina Darke

Abstract

PURPOSE: Infantile spasms is a severe infantile seizure disorder. Several factors affect developmental outcome, especially the underlying etiology of the spasms. Treatment also affects outcome. Both age at onset of spasms and lead time to treatment (the time from onset of spasms to start of treatmen...

Subject

Epileptic spasms

Etiology

Pediatrics

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