West syndrome - Diagnostic dilemma in a month old infant without typical electroencephalographic features: A case report
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019), Case Report
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019)

West syndrome - Diagnostic dilemma in a month old infant without typical electroencephalographic features: A case report

Case Report
Published 2019-06-30
Kiran Subedi
Registrar, International Friendship Children’s Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Rydam Basnet
Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Bikash Bhandari
Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, Devdaha Medical College and Research Institute, Rupandehi, Nepal.
Sonsy Gongal
Lecturer, Department of Paediatrics, KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal.
Ashik Rajak
Department of Paediatrics, Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-3427
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Keywords

Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; West syndrome.

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Subedi, K., Basnet, R., Bhandari, B., Gongal, S., & Rajak, A. (2019). West syndrome - Diagnostic dilemma in a month old infant without typical electroencephalographic features: A case report. Journal of Kathmandu Medical College, 8(2), 116–117. Retrieved from https://jkmc.com.np/ojs3/index.php/journal/article/view/909
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Abstract

Infantile spasm constitutes 2% of childhood epilepsies but 25% of epilepsy with onset in the first year of life. The rate of infantile spasm is estimated to be 2.5-6.0 cases per 10,000 live births. Its prevalence rate is 1.5-2.0 cases per 10,000
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