Intravenous immunoglobulin as adjunctive therapy for juvenile spasms

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 379-382

  Bingel, Ulrike ^a   Pinter, Joseph D ^b   Sotero de Menezes, Márcio ^c,d   Rho, Jong M ^e  

^a University of Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d SEATTLE CHILDREN S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETAZOLAMIDE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLORAZEPATE; GAMIMMUNE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LAMOTRIGINE; METHYLPHENOBARBITAL; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; TOPIRAMATE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037767567     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08830738030180061001     Document Type: Article

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