High Dose ACTH for Infantile Spasms

Authors

  • J Gordon Millichap Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-3-8-6

Keywords:

Cardiac Arrhythmia, Infantile Spasms, Atrial Myxoma

Abstract

The efficacy and plasma levels of ACTH and Cortisol were studied in 15 children with infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia using a high dose (150 IU/M2/D ACTH) and are reported from the Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, and the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, the Alabama Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL.

Published

1989-08-01

Issue

Section

Seizure Disorders