Therapeutic efficacy and adverse effects of adrenocorticotropic hormone therapy in west syndrome: Differences in dosage of adrenocorticotropic hormone, onset of age, and cause

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-488

  Hamano, Shin ichiro ^a,b   Yamashita, Shintaro ^a,b   Tanaka, Manabu ^a,b   Yoshinari, Satoshi ^a,b   Minamitani, Motoyuki ^a,b   Eto, Yoshikatsu ^a,b  

^a SAITAMA CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOTROPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; PROTIRELIN; PYRIDOXINE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DISEASE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; INFECTION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE TONE; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; SUDDEN DEATH; WEST SYNDROME;

AGE OF ONSET; COSYNTROPIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646090860     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.11.041     Document Type: Article

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