Low-Dose ACTH Therapy for Infantile Spasms

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-11-7

Low-Dose ACTH Therapy for Infantile Spasms

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 13 (1999): Issue 11

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Nov 1999

Abstract

The lowest effective ACTH dose, with fewest adverse effects, for the treatment of West syndrome (WS) was determined in a comparative, randomly assigned, controlled study involving 25 patients with cryptogenic (CWS, n=9) or symptomatic (SWS, n=16) WS, at the Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-11-7 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 86 - 87

Published on: Nov 1, 1999

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Low-Dose ACTH Therapy,

West Syndrome,

Infantile Spasms

© 1999 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 13 (1999): Issue 11