İnfantil Spazm

Çocukluk dönemi epilepsileri içerisinde sık rastlanılan ve oldukça kötü prognoza sahip olan infantil spazmın karakteristik bulguları; myoklonik nöbetler, hipsaritmik EEG ve mental retardasyondur. Bu triad bazen West sendromu olarak da anılır. Sendrom literatürde massif spazm, selam nöbetleri, fleksiyon spazmları, Jackknife nöbetleri, masif myoklonik jerkler, infantil myoklonik nöbetler ve hipsaritmi olarak da anılmaktadır 1 .

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