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Neonatal bilateral asymmetric epileptic spasm

MedGen UID:
1715553
•Concept ID:
C5397847
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032841

Definition

Neonatal bilateral asymmetric epileptic spasm is a sudden flexion, extension, or mixed extension-flexion of predominantly proximal and truncal muscles that occurs asymmetrically at both sides of the body. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNeonatal bilateral asymmetric epileptic spasm

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A long-term, clinical study on symptomatic infantile spasms with focal features.
Fujii A, Oguni H, Hirano Y, Shioda M, Osawa M
Brain Dev 2013 May;35(5):379-85. Epub 2012 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.008. PMID: 22889572

Diagnosis

A long-term, clinical study on symptomatic infantile spasms with focal features.
Fujii A, Oguni H, Hirano Y, Shioda M, Osawa M
Brain Dev 2013 May;35(5):379-85. Epub 2012 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.008. PMID: 22889572
Repetitive sleep starts in neurologically impaired children: an unusual non-epileptic manifestation in otherwise epileptic subjects.
Fusco L, Pachatz C, Cusmai R, Vigevano F
Epileptic Disord 1999 Mar;1(1):63-7. PMID: 10937135

Therapy

A long-term, clinical study on symptomatic infantile spasms with focal features.
Fujii A, Oguni H, Hirano Y, Shioda M, Osawa M
Brain Dev 2013 May;35(5):379-85. Epub 2012 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.008. PMID: 22889572

Prognosis

A long-term, clinical study on symptomatic infantile spasms with focal features.
Fujii A, Oguni H, Hirano Y, Shioda M, Osawa M
Brain Dev 2013 May;35(5):379-85. Epub 2012 Aug 11 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2012.06.008. PMID: 22889572
Aicardi syndrome associated with anterior cephalocele in a female infant.
Melbourne-Chambers R, Singh Minott I, Mowatt L, Johnson P, Thame M
Dev Med Child Neurol 2007 Jun;49(6):464-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2007.00464.x. PMID: 17518934

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