About The Medical Condition Infantile Spasms

ClusterMed
  1. ClusterMed.info
  2. Medical Conditions
  3. I Illnesses And Diseases
  4. In
  5. Infantile Spasms

Find the definition of the medical term Infantile Spasms. Infantile Spasms defined and explained for easy understanding at the Medical Conditions from ClusterMed.info.

Infantile Spasms

Infantile Spasms Medical Condition Defined & Explained
Infantile Spasms Medical Condition

What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Infantile Spasms?

An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)

More Medical Conditions

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Medical Conditions Definitions Of The Day