Liposteroid (Dexamethasone Palmitate) therapy for west syndrome: A comparative study with acth therapy

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 415-419

  Yamamoto, Hitoshi ^a   Asoh, Masako ^a   Murakami, Hiroshi ^a   Kamiyama, Noriko ^a   Ohta, Chikako ^a  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE 21 PALMITATE; DEXAMETHASONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIPOSTEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INFANT; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MUSCLE SPASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG CARRIERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIPOSOMES; MALE; RECURRENCE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032077883     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(98)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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