loading...| Preferred Name |
Spasms, Infantile |
| Synonyms |
Spasmus Nutans |
| Definitions |
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) |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D013036 |
| altLabel |
Spasmus Nutans Syndrome, West Infantile Spasms Nodding Spasms Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic West Syndrome Attacks, Salaam Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms Symptomatic West Syndrome Seizures, Jackknife Nodding Spasm Seizure, Jackknife Attacks, Lightning Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm Hypsarrhythmia Lightning Attacks Salaam Attacks Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile Attack, Lightning Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm Jackknife Seizure Cryptogenic West Syndrome Jackknife Seizures Symptomatic Infantile Spasms Seizures, Salaam Lightning Attack Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic Salaam Seizures Symptomatic Infantile Spasm Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile Hypsarrhythmias West Syndrome, Cryptogenic Spasm, Nodding Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile Syndrome, Symptomatic West Spasms, Nodding West Syndrome, Symptomatic Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic Syndrome, Cryptogenic West |
| AN |
epileptic seizures only: do not confuse with SPASM + INFANT for non-epileptic seizures in infants |
| AQL |
BL CF CI CL CN CO DG DH DI DT EC EH EM EN EP ET GE HI IM ME MI MO NU PA PC PP PS PX RH RT SU TH UR VE VI |
| cui |
C0546878 C0684276 C0553558 C1527306 C0393698 C1527366 C0037769 C0393699 |
| DC |
1 |
| definition |
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) |
| DX |
19770101 |
| HN |
1977(1963) |
| Inverse of AQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000401 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000150 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000188 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000517 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000201 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000145 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000503 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000453 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000208 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000134 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000821 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000382 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000601 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000235 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000523 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000276 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000191 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000652 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000662 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000151 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000628 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000196 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000534 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000266 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000532 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000139 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000378 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000175 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000000981 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000097 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000473 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000451 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/Q000209 |
| Machine permutation |
1977; see HYPSARRHYTHMIA 1963-76 |
| Mapped from |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C562695 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C537547 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C564064 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C536317 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C565296 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/C567924 |
| MDA |
19760505 |
| MMR |
20170224 |
| MN |
C10.228.140.490.493.875 C10.228.140.490.375.760 |
| notation |
D013036 |
| prefLabel |
Spasms, Infantile |
| TERMUI |
T038412 T370346 T038409 T038408 T370348 T038411 T038410 T370345 T038407 T370347 T038414 T370349 T370350 T038413 |
| TH |
NLM (1991) NLM (1977) UNK (19XX) NLM (2000) ORD (2010) |
| tui |
T033 T047 |
| subClassOf |