High-dose oral prednisolone for infantile spasms: An effective and less expensive alternative to ACTH

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-676

  Kossoff, Eric H ^a   Hartman, Adam L ^a   Rubenstein, James E ^a   Vining, Eileen P G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Corticosteroids; Epilepsy; Infantile spasms; Prednisolone; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; ETIRACETAM; LAMOTRIGINE; PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANTILE SPASM; IRRITABILITY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 63749118405     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2009.01.023     Document Type: Article

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