Combination therapy of infantile spasms with high-dose pyridoxal phosphate and low-dose corticotropin

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-40

  Takuma, Yuichi ^a,b   Seki, Tohru ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mito National Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE LIVER FUNCTION RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030061376     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088307389601100109     Document Type: Article

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