Cognitive Outcome of Acth-Treated Infantile Spasms

The long-term cognitive and seizure outcomes of 37 patients with cryptogenic infantile spasms (onset, age 3 to 9 months) treated with high-dose synthetic adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) (1 mg IM every 48 hrs for 2 weeks, 8-10-week slow taper, followed by oral prednisone, 10 mg/d for 1 month, and...

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Published in:	Pediatric Neurology Briefs
Main Author:	J Gordon Millichap
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers 2004-03-01
Subjects:	adrenocorticotropic hormone infantile spasms early treatment group
Online Access:	https://www.pediatricneurologybriefs.com/articles/1418