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West syndrome

How is it diagnosed?

The diagnosis of West syndrome is based on the occurrence of infantile spasms and the presence of a very abnormal EEG (brain wave recording). The most typical EEG abnormality is called hypsarrhythmia but other abnormal patterns may occur.

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Medical text written November 2002 by Dr J Livingston, Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.

 

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