Epileptic spasms: Experience with a high-dose oral corticosteroid protocol

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 985-989

  Ware, Tyson L ^a   MacKay, Mark T ^a,b,c   Harvey, A Simon ^a,b,c   Freeman, Jeremy L ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

infantile spasms; prednisolone; tuberous sclerosis; vigabatrin; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; TOPIRAMATE; VIGABATRIN;

BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCLE SPASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURINE SYNTHESIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREDNISOLONE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; VICTORIA;

EID: 84868563651     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02582.x     Document Type: Review

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