Drug-choice in management of West syndrome (infantile spasms): Early ACTH treatment may offer a better prognostic outcome

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 197-198

  Jaseja, Harinder ^a  

^a G R MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; STEROID; VIGABATRIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; COGNITION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; LETTER; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELAPSE; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTICONVULSANTS; HUMANS; INFANT; PROGNOSIS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 36349003344     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.05.003     Document Type: Letter

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