Introduction Infantile colic is a common disorder in the three first months of childhood. There is no clear management in treating this disease which may lead to psychosocial consequences in parents. Due to the importance of infantile colic in Traditional Iranian Medicine (TIM) in this study was conducted. Materials and Methods In this review article, we searched the words for colic infantile l...

conclusions in conclusion, the results of our study showed that the major viral pathogens that caused infantile diarrhea in zabol city were rotaviruses followed by adenoviruses and noroviruses. the results of our study can useful for prosperous control of infantile diarrhea. background viruses are one of the major reasons of gastrointestinal disease worldwide, and commonly infect children less ...

how to cite this article:  fallah r, salor f, akhavan karbasi s, motaghipisheh h. randomised clinical efficacy trial of topiramate and nitrazepam in treatment of infantile spasms. iran j child neurol. 2014 winter; 8(1):12-19. objective infantile spasms (is) are among the most catastrophic epileptic syndromes of infancy. the purpose of this study was to compare efficacy and safety of topiramate ...

Correspondence: Chang-Yong Tsao 700 Children’s Dr Columbus, Ohio 43205, USA Tel +1 614-722-4691 Fax +1 614-722-4633 email changyong.tsao@ nationwidechildrens.org Abstract: Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic epileptic spasms, and specific electroencephalographic patterns (interictal hypsarrhythmia and ictal volt...

Infantile spasms are an epilepsy syndrome with distinctive features, including age onset during infancy, characteristic epileptic spasms, and specific electroencephalographic patterns (interictal hypsarrhythmia and ictal voltage suppression). Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) was first employed to treat infantile spasms in 1958, and since then it has been tried in prospective and retrospective...

Infantile colic is a behavioural syndrome of early childhood that is associated with irritability and crying. It self-resolves, but may lead to significant parental strife. The etiology is unknown; however, several investigators have examined the effect of nutrition on infantile colic. For the majority of infants, nutritional interventions appear to have no benefit on infantile colic. However, ...

Infantile spasms are the classical seizure type of West syndrome. Infantile spasms often herald a dismal prognosis, due to the high probability to evolve into intractable forms of epilepsies with significant cognitive deficits, especially if not adequately treated. The current therapies-high doses of adrenocorticotropic hormone, steroids, or the gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) transaminase inhib...

BACKGROUND The treatment for infantile glaucoma is surgical. Treatment options include goniotomy, trabeculotomy, combined trabeculotomy-trabeculectomy, and trabeculectomy. METHODS Patients who had a follow up of 5 years or longer after primary trabeculectomy were examined to determine the long term stability in infantile glaucoma. RESULTS In eyes with primary infantile glaucoma 92.3% achiev...