The United Kingdom Infantile Spasms Study comparing vigabatrin with prednisolone or tetracosactide at 14 days: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9447, 2004, Pages 1773-1778

  Lux, Andrew L ^a,b   Edwards, Stuart W ^a   Hancock, Eleanor ^a   Johnson, Anthony L ^c   Kennedy, Colin R ^d   Newton, Richard W ^e   O'Callaghan, Finbar J K ^a,b   Verity, Christopher M ^f   Osborne, John P ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g Royal Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE; VIGABATRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GLUCOSURIA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCREASED APPETITE; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE HYPERTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SCREENING; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 8444249008     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17400-X     Document Type: Article

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