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Introduction: Overview and Definitions

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Infantile Spasms

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In this chapter, we briefly outline the major features of the disorder and identify some of the more controversial and as yet unresolved issues, including those of optimal therapy and basic underlying pathophysiology. In subsequent chapters, these topics will be explored in more detail.

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  1. Peter Kellaway Section of Neurophysiology Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    James D. Frost Jr. M. D. (Professor) & Richard A. Hrachovy M. D. (Professor, Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratory)

  2. Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA

    James D. Frost Jr. M. D. (Professor)

  3. The Methodist Hospital and Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA

    James D. Frost Jr. M. D. (Professor) & Richard A. Hrachovy M. D. (Professor, Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratory)

  4. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA

    Richard A. Hrachovy M. D. (Professor, Director of the Neurophysiology Laboratory)

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Frost, J.D., Hrachovy, R.A. (2003). Introduction: Overview and Definitions. In: Infantile Spasms. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0379-8_1

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