Why the study?
Does the absence of electroencephalographic abnormality (hypsarhythmia) alter the prognosis in patients with infantile spasms?
Population
27 patients who had infantile spasms and normal electroencephalograms before the age of 1 year, and who did…
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Normal EEG may portend better mental outcomes in infantile spasms; hypothesis-generating for EEG-stratified prognosis, pending prospective confirmation.
Does the absence of electroencephalographic abnormality (hypsarhythmia) alter the prognosis in patients with infantile spasms?
The absence of hypsarhythmia in infants with infantile spasms is associated with a significantly better prognosis for mental development.
Burnett et al. (1958) studied this question.
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