High dose (4mg/kg/day) versus usual dose (2mg/kg/day) oral prednisolone for treatment of infantile spasms: An open-label, randomized controlled trial

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1378-1384

  Chellamuthu, Prabaharan ^a   Sharma, Suvasini ^a   Jain, Puneet ^a,b   Kaushik, Jaya Shankar ^a   Seth, Anju ^a   Aneja, Satinder ^a  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b BLK Super Speciality Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Hypsarrhythmia; Infantile spasms; Prednisolone; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GLUCOSURIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPSARRHYTHMIA; INCREASED APPETITE; INFANTILE SPASM; INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOON FACE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INFANT; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPASMS, INFANTILE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDNISOLONE; SPASMS, INFANTILE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84906938637     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2014.06.019     Document Type: Article

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