Introduction: Infantile spasms is an epileptic syndrome composed of epileptic seizure, spasms and hypsarrythmia on EEG, associated with psychomotor delay. NICE guidelines offer two first line ...

Infantile spasms occur in about one in 2,000 babies, according to Kossoff, director of the child neurology residency program and professor of neurology and pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

11 of these 32 series involved children—note that the youngest child able to perform perimetry is aged 5.6 years; that is, much older than the age range for infantile spasms (<1 year).

The purpose of this report is to review the efficacy and safety of vigabatrin in the treatment of infantile spasms in infants suffering from tuberous sclerosis complex. We reviewed all studies ...