History of West Syndrome

Abstract

Historical details about Dr West, his son, James Edward West, the patient with infantile spasms, and the coining of the eponym ‘West syndrome’ are researched by pediatric neurologists and colleagues at the University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands; and University of California at Irvine.

Keywords

• west syndrome
• salaam convulsions
• infantile myoclonic encephalopathy with hypsarrhythmia