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Infantile spasm is a seizure that occurs in infants, characterized by either extension or flexion posturing of brief duration.
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(2006). Infantile Spasm. In: Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_7493
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