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Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Infantile Spasms: West Syndrome Review Article
Published review of infantile spasms and West syndrome: the clinical-electroencephalographic triad of spasms, hypsarrhythmia and developmental arrest, the classification of the spasms and the muscle involvement pattern, the aetiological groups, investigations and treatment, and the cognitive outcome with early therapy. By Michael Wong and Edwin Trevathan, Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital. Externally authored journal article, not a KMTC lecture.
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