Treatment of infantile spasms with sodium valproate followed by benzodiazepines

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1809-1814

  Auvichayapat, Narong ^a   Tassniyom, Sompon ^a   Treerotphon, Sutthinee ^a   Auvichayapat, Paradee ^b  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

ACTH; Benzodiazepines; Clonazepam; Infantile spasms; Nitrazepam; Sodium valproate; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CLONAZEPAM; NITRAZEPAM; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SOMNOLENCE; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; CLONAZEPAM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NITRAZEPAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASM; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TIME FACTORS; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 35848949783     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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