Publications (2)2.92 Total impact
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Article: Bilateral striatal lesions.
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 05/1988; 30(2):252-7. · 2.92 Impact Factor -
Article: Mental outcome in West syndrome: prognostic value of some clinical factors.
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ABSTRACT: Fifty-eight cases of West syndrome (eight idiopathic, 50 secondary) have been followed-up for a mean period of 5 years 5 months. The relationship has been studied between intellectual status at the final follow-up and the following variables: etiology, age of onset, neurological examination and developmental assessment at the onset, CT scan findings, short-term effect of ACTH treatment, and age of acquiring four developmental milestones (sitting unsupported, walking unsupported, uttering the first specific word and using a sentence of two words). Developmental and/or neurological abnormalities before the onset of the spasms, symptomatic etiology and abnormal CT findings are associated with a low IQ at the final follow-up. The age for sitting unsupported and for walking unsupported has proved to be not predictive of intellectual outcome, but the speech development data have shown a highly significant relationship with intellectual development. Early identification of the children with mental retardation has turned out to be superior to prediction of normal mental outcome.Journal of mental deficiency research 04/1987; 31 ( Pt 1):9-15.
