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"Spasms, Infantile" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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)

Descriptor ID	D013036
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.490.375.760 C10.228.140.490.493.875
Concept/Terms	Spasms, Infantile Spasms, Infantile Infantile Spasm Infantile Spasms Lightning Attacks Attack, Lightning Attacks, Lightning Lightning Attack West Syndrome Syndrome, West Hypsarrhythmia Hypsarrhythmia Hypsarrhythmias Jackknife Seizures Jackknife Seizures Jackknife Seizure Seizure, Jackknife Seizures, Jackknife Symptomatic Infantile Spasms Symptomatic Infantile Spasms Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile Symptomatic Infantile Spasm Symptomatic West Syndrome Syndrome, Symptomatic West West Syndrome, Symptomatic Salaam Attacks Salaam Attacks Attacks, Salaam Salaam Seizures Seizures, Salaam Spasmus Nutans Spasmus Nutans Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile Cryptogenic West Syndrome Syndrome, Cryptogenic West West Syndrome, Cryptogenic Nodding Spasm Nodding Spasm Nodding Spasms Spasm, Nodding Spasms, Nodding

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Diseases [C]
Nervous System Diseases [C10]
Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
Epilepsy [C10.228.140.490]
Epilepsy, Generalized [C10.228.140.490.375]
Spasms, Infantile [C10.228.140.490.375.760]
Epileptic Syndromes [C10.228.140.490.493]
Spasms, Infantile [C10.228.140.490.493.875]

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2020	1	0	1

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Ng BG, Eklund EA, Shiryaev SA, Dong YY, Abbott MA, Asteggiano C, Bamshad MJ, Barr E, Bernstein JA, Chelakkadan S, Christodoulou J, Chung WK, Ciliberto MA, Cousin J, Gardiner F, Ghosh S, Graf WD, Grunewald S, Hammond K, Hauser NS, Hoganson GE, Houck KM, Kohler JN, Morava E, Larson AA, Liu P, Madathil S, McCormack C, Meeks NJL, Miller R, Monaghan KG, Nickerson DA, Palculict TB, Papazoglu GM, Pletcher BA, Scheffer IE, Schenone AB, Schnur RE, Si Y, Rowe LJ, Serrano Russi AH, Russo RS, Thabet F, Tuite A, Villanueva MM, Wang RY, Webster RI, Wilson D, Zalan A, Wolfe LA, Rosenfeld JA, Rhodes L, Freeze HH. Predominant and novel de novo variants in 29 individuals with ALG13 deficiency: Clinical description, biomarker status, biochemical analysis, and treatment suggestions. J Inherit Metab Dis. 2020 11; 43(6):1333-1348.

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Harini C, Nagarajan E, Bergin AM, Pearl P, Loddenkemper T, Takeoka M, Morrison PF, Coulter D, Harappanahally G, Marti C, Singh K, Yuskaitis C, Poduri A, Libenson MH. Mortality in infantile spasms: A hospital-based study. Epilepsia. 2020 04; 61(4):702-713.

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Helbig KL, Lauerer RJ, Bahr JC, Souza IA, Myers CT, Uysal B, Schwarz N, Gandini MA, Huang S, Keren B, Mignot C, Afenjar A, Billette de Villemeur T, H?ron D, Nava C, Valence S, Buratti J, Fagerberg CR, Soerensen KP, Kibaek M, Kamsteeg EJ, Koolen DA, Gunning B, Schelhaas HJ, Kruer MC, Fox J, Bakhtiari S, Jarrar R, Padilla-Lopez S, Lindstrom K, Jin SC, Zeng X, Bilguvar K, Papavasileiou A, Xing Q, Zhu C, Boysen K, Vairo F, Lanpher BC, Klee EW, Tillema JM, Payne ET, Cousin MA, Kruisselbrink TM, Wick MJ, Baker J, Haan E, Smith N, Sadeghpour A, Davis EE, Katsanis N, Corbett MA, MacLennan AH, Gecz J, Biskup S, Goldmann E, Rodan LH, Kichula E, Segal E, Jackson KE, Asamoah A, Dimmock D, McCarrier J, Botto LD, Filloux F, Tvrdik T, Cascino GD, Klingerman S, Neumann C, Wang R, Jacobsen JC, Nolan MA, Snell RG, Lehnert K, Sadleir LG, Anderlid BM, Kvarnung M, Guerrini R, Friez MJ, Lyons MJ, Leonhard J, Kringlen G, Casas K, El Achkar CM, Smith LA, Rotenberg A, Poduri A, Sanchis-Juan A, Carss KJ, Rankin J, Zeman A, Raymond FL, Blyth M, Kerr B, Ruiz K, Urquhart J, Hughes I, Banka S, Hedrich UBS, Scheffer IE, Helbig I, Zamponi GW, Lerche H, Mefford HC. De Novo Pathogenic Variants in CACNA1E Cause Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy with Contractures, Macrocephaly, and Dyskinesias. Am J Hum Genet. 2018 11 01; 103(5):666-678.

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