Resumo

AVILES ALVAREZ, Adela; PIMENTEL GONZALEZ, Tania; DEBESA FERNANDEZ, Raúl  e  CARBONELL PERDOMO, Demetrio. West síndrome. Clinical, etiological and therapeutical aspects. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, n.1, pp. 88-94. ISSN 1025-0255.

With the aim of knowing the clinical, etiological and terapeutical behavior, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in admitted patients with diagnosis of Wets Syndrome (WS) in the Pediatric Hospital of Camagüey from July 1985 to july 1999. A sligth prevalence of masculine sex was observed; the apparition age of maximun incidence was among 4 to 6 months. Symptomatic West and prenatal cause were the most frequent as well as the extension crisis. There was greater affection of the psychomotor development (SMD) in the Sympthomatic West ACTH associated to Benzodiazepina and Sodium Valproato resulted in the most effective therapeutic.

Palavras-chave : SPASMS INFANTILE [etiology]; SPASMS INFANTILE [therapy].