Use of ACTH and prednisolone in infantile spasms: Experience from a developing country

Seizure

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 552-556

  Azam, Matloob ^a   Bhatti, Nasera ^a   Krishin, Jai ^a  

^a Children Hospital Islamabad   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

ACTH; Infantile spasms; Steroids; Treatment cost; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; PHENYTOIN; PREDNISOLONE; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INCREASED APPETITE; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944437862     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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