West syndrome

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after the English physician, William James West (1793–1848), who described it.

Noun[edit]

West syndrome (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) The triad of infantile epileptic spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and developmental regression.
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