Pediatric Neurology Briefs (Feb 2011)

West Syndrome Remission Following Acute Viral Infection

  • J Gordon Millichap

DOI
https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-25-2-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 2
pp. 11 – 12

Abstract

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Researchers at Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, report 11 children with intractable epilepsy (West syndrome in 6 and myoclonic seizures in 5) who showed clinical and electrographic improvement following acute viral infection.

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