Mechanism of Anticonvulsant Action of ACTH

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-3-1

Mechanism of Anticonvulsant Action of ACTH

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 12 (1998): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 1998

Abstract

The effects of adrenocorticotrophin hormone (ACTH) in 23 children with intractable epilepsies and its mechanism of action are reported from the Department of Paediatric Neurology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, UK.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-12-3-1 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 17 - 18

Published on: Mar 1, 1998

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Adrenocorticotrophin Hormone,

Epileptic Syndrome,

Benzodiazepines

© 1998 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 12 (1998): Issue 3