Prediction of Infantile Spasms Recurrence after ACTH Therapy

J. Gordon Millichap; John J. Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-12-4

Prediction of Infantile Spasms Recurrence after ACTH Therapy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 29 (2015): Issue 12

By: J. Gordon Millichap and John J. Millichap

Open Access

|Jan 2016

Abstract

Investigators from Okayama University Hospital, Japan, studied the predictive value of serial EEG findings (every 2 to 4 weeks) in relapse of epileptic spasms after synthetic ACTH therapy in patients with West syndrome (WS).

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-29-12-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 93 - 93

Submitted on: Jan 12, 2016

Accepted on: Jan 17, 2016

Published on: Jan 19, 2016

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

EEG,

Infantile Spasms,

ACTH

© 2016 J. Gordon Millichap, John J. Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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