Long-Term Weekly ACTH Therapy for Relapsed West Syndrome

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 445-449

  Okanishi, Tohru ^a,b   Sugiura, Chitose ^b   Saito, Yoshiaki ^b   Maegaki, Yoshihiro ^b   Ohno, Kousaku ^b   Togari, Hajime ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOBAZAM; CORTICOTROPIN; NITRAZEPAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PYRIDOXINE; RIBOFLAVIN; VALPROIC ACID; VIGABATRIN; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; IRRITABILITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; THRUSH; VISION; WAVEFORM; WEIGHT GAIN; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; RECURRENCE; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; VISION;

EID: 43449118964     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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