Multicenter long-term follow-up of children with idiopathic West syndrome: ACTH versus vigabatrin

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 482-487

  Cohen Sadan, S ^b   Kramer, U ^b   Ben Zeev, B ^c   Lahat, E ^d   Sahar, E ^e   Nevo, Y ^f   Eidlitz, T ^a   Zeharia, A ^a   Kivity, S ^a   Goldberg Stern, H ^a,g  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Dana Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^c Safra Children's Hospital   (Israel)

^d ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Idiopathic West syndrome; Infantile spasms; Long term; Outcome; Treatment lag; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PREDNISONE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEST SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEIZURES; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 62849105099     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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