Randomised, placebo-controlled study of vigabatrin as first-line treatment of infantile spasms

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1627-1633

  Appleton, R E ^a   Peters, A C B ^b   Mumford, J P ^c   Shaw, D E ^d  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c Staverton   (United Kingdom)

^d Hoechst Marion Roussel   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infantile spasms; Paediatric; Placebo; Randomised Trial; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOMNOLENCE; THROAT DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PLACEBOS; RECURRENCE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0032703827     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb02049.x     Document Type: Article

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