High-dose corticotropin (ACTH) versus prednisone for infantile spasms: A prospective, randomized, blinded study

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Baram, T Z ^a   Mitchell, W G ^a   Tournay, A ^a   Snead III, O C ^a   Hanson, R A ^a   Horton, E J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; epilepsy; glucocorticoid; infant; infantile spasms; prospective randomized controlled study; therapy; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029916006     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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