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Results 1 - 10 of 48 for Epileptic spasms
  1. Infantile Spasms From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    An epileptic spasm is a specific type of seizure seen in an epilepsy syndrome of infancy and childhood often called West Syndrome. These are more commonly called infantile spasms (IS) because they are seen most often in ...
    https://www.ninds.nih.gov/.../disorders/infantile-spasms - External Health Links
  2. SLC35A2-congenital disorder of glycosylation 
    ... can switch to shorter episodes of muscle jerks (epileptic spasms) later in childhood. In some individuals, the seizures do not improve with anti-epileptic medications. Individuals with SLC35A2-CDG often have abnormal ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...35a2-congenital-disorder-of-glycosylation - Genetics
  3. Beta-propeller protein-associated neurodegeneration 
    ... twitches (myoclonic seizures), or more pronounced movements called epileptic spasms. Some individuals have seizure patterns that resemble those in epileptic syndromes, such as West syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...ller-protein-associated-neurodegeneration - Genetics
  4. CDKL5 deficiency disorder 
    ... which are characterized by abnormal muscle contractions; and epileptic spasms, which involve short episodes of muscle jerks. Seizures ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/cdkl5-deficiency-disorder - Genetics
  5. DEPDC5 gene 
    ... seizure disorders, known as familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and infantile spasms. Similar to individuals with FFEVF (described above), people ... gene mutations that cause familial mesial temporal lobe epilepsy or infantile spasms lead to reduced GATOR1 complex formation and an ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/depdc5 - Genetics
  6. Developmental and epileptic encephalopathy 1 
    ... DEE1 PubMed Hrachovy RA, Frost JD Jr. Infantile epileptic encephalopathy with hypsarrhythmia (infantile spasms/West syndrome). J Clin Neurophysiol. 2003 Nov-Dec; ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/...elopmental-and-epileptic-encephalopathy-1 - Genetics
  7. CACNA1A gene 
    ... 13 including CACNA1A associated with mental retardation and epilepsy with infantile spasms. Epilepsia. 2009 Nov;50(11):2501-3. doi: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/cacna1a - Genetics
  8. 19p13.13 deletion syndrome 
    ... 13 including CACNA1A associated with mental retardation and epilepsy with infantile spasms. Epilepsia. 2009 Nov;50(11):2501-3. doi: ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/19p1313-deletion-syndrome - Genetics
  9. Lennox-Gastaut syndrome 
    ... with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome have a history of epilepsy beginning in infancy (infantile spasms) or a related condition called West syndrome before ... De novo DNM1 mutations in two cases of epileptic encephalopathy. Epilepsia. ... KG. Evolution of Infantile Spasms to Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome: What Is There to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/lennox-gastaut-syndrome - Genetics
  10. Epilepsy (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... or behave strangely. They may have violent muscle spasms or lose consciousness. Epilepsy has many possible causes, including illness, brain injury, and abnormal brain development. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/epilepsy.html - Health Topics
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