Epidemiology of Infantile Spasms in Iceland

Abstract

Incidence, etiology, development, EEG, response to ACTH, and follow-up of all cases of infantile spasms diagnosed in Iceland during a 10-year period are reported from the National University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, and Columbia University, New York.

Keywords

• cumulative incidence
• hypsarrhythmia
• symptomatic in etiology