Infantile spasms: Etiology, lead time and treatment response in a resource limited setting

Surana, Priyanka; Symonds, Joseph D.; Srivastava, Prabhar; Geetha, Thenral S.; Jain, Romit; Vedant, Ramprasad; Murugan, Sakthivel; Mahalingam, Subathra; Bhargava, Vivek; Goyal, Pradeep; Zuberi, Sameer M.; Jain, Vivek

doi:10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100397

Infantile spasms: Etiology, lead time and treatment response in a resource limited setting

Highlights • Neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury was the commonest cause of Infantile Spasms (IS).• Comprehensive genetic evaluation was performed in presumed genetic IS patients.• Molecular diagnosis was achieved in 44% of presumed genetic patients.• Longer lead time to treatment was significantl…