A pilot study on the changes in immunity after ACTH therapy in patients with West syndrome

Brain and Development

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 739-743

  Ohya, Takashi ^a   Nagai, Toshisaburo ^b   Araki, Yuko ^c   Yanagawa, Takashi ^c   Tanabe, Takuya ^d   Iyoda, Kuniaki ^e   Kurihara, Mana ^f   Yamamoto, Kazuya ^g   Masunaga, Kenji ^a   Iizuka, Chiho ^a   Nagamitsu, Shinichiro ^a   Yamashita, Yushiro ^a   Awaya, Yutaka ^h   Maekawa, Kihei ⁱ   Matsuishi, Toyojiro ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hirakata City Hospital   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^g SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Seibo Byoin   (Japan)

ⁱ KANAGAWA UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH therapy; Immunity system; Vaccination; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CLOBAZAM; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PYRIDOXINE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE; VALPROIC ACID; ZONISAMIDE;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SPASMS, INFANTILE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350155731     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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