Optimized Treatment for Infantile Spasms: Vigabatrin versus Prednisolone versus Combination Therapy

Optimized Treatment for Infantile Spasms: Vigabatrin versus Prednisolone versus Combination Therapy

Hormone therapies and vigabatrin are first-line agents in infantile spasms, but more than one-third of patients fail to respond to these treatments. This was a retrospective study of patients with infantile spasms who were treated between January 2005 and December 2017. We analyzed the response rate...

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Main Authors: Jongsung Hahn, Gyunam Park, Hoon-Chul Kang, Joon Soo Lee, Heung Dong Kim, Se Hee Kim, Min Jung Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
infantile spasms
first-line treatment
combination of vigabatrin with prednisolone
higher dose of prednisolone
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/8/10/1591

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