ACTH therapy for Taiwanese children with West syndrome - Efficacy and impact on long-term prognosis

Brain and Development

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-201

  Lin, Haung Chi ^a   Young, Chainllie ^b,d   Wang, Pen Jung ^c   Lee, Wang Tso ^d   Shen, Yu Zen ^d  

^a EN CHU KONG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Infantile spasms; Long term outcome; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; PYRIDOXINE; STEROID; TETRACOSACTIDE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION; PROGNOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; SYNDROME; TAIWAN;

EID: 33644647331     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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