Partial seizures during ACTH therapy in a cryptogenic West syndrome patient

Brain and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-83

  Fukui, Miho ^a   Shimakawa, Shuichi ^a   Tanabe, Takuya ^b   Nomura, Shohei ^a   Kashiwagi, Mitsuru ^c   Azumakawa, Kohji ^d   Tamai, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b Tanabe Children's Clinic   (Japan)

^c Hirakata Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d Seikeikai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; ACTH induced seizures; Epilepsy; Partial seizure; West syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; TETRACOSACTIDE ZINC PHOSPHATE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CRYPTOGENIC WEST SYNDROME; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; MALE; MUSCLE SPASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING; WEST SYNDROME;

ACTH; ACTH-INDUCED SEIZURES; EPILEPSY; PARTIAL SEIZURE; WEST SYNDROME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; HORMONES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

EID: 84890880763     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 18727131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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