Current treatment of West syndrome in Japan

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 560-564

  Tsuji, Takeshi ^a   Okumura, Akihisa ^a   Ozawa, Hiroshi ^b   Ito, Masatoshi ^c   Watanabe, Kazuyoshi ^a,d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Shimada Center for Rehabilitation and Neurodevelopment Intervention   (Japan)

^c SHIGA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (Japan)

^d AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; PYRIDOXINE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISOXAZOLES; JAPAN; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 34250755501     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807302606     Document Type: Article

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