Ontology of Drug Adverse Events

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Preferred Name

Spasms, Infantile [Disease/Finding]
Synonyms
ID

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl#N0000002786
code

C5750
Display_Name

Spasms, Infantile
imported from

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl
label

Spasms, Infantile [Disease/Finding]
MeSH_CUI

M0020204
MeSH_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)
MeSH_DUI

D013036
MeSH_Name

Spasms, Infantile
NUI

N0000002786
prefixIRI

NDF-RT:N0000002786
prefLabel

Spasms, Infantile [Disease/Finding]
RxNorm_CUI

1024258
SNOMED_CID

28055006
Synonym

Lightning Attacks

Infantile Spasms

West Syndrome
UMLS_CUI

C0037769
subClassOf

http://evs.nci.nih.gov/ftp1/NDF-RT/NDF-RT.owl#N0000001128
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