Epilepsy: Update to guidelines on treatment of infantile spasms

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 480-482

  Riikonen, Raili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; VIGABATRIN;

ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; LOW DRUG DOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

HUMANS; INFANT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84866069128     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2012.157     Document Type: Short Survey

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