Low-Dose ACTH Therapy for Infantile Spasms

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-13-11-7

Keywords:

Low-Dose ACTH Therapy, West Syndrome, Infantile Spasms

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.

Published

1999-11-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders