Decisive evidence of direct effect of ACTH treatment in West syndrome: A case report

Marie Sasaki; Toshiki Takenouchi; Yuri Sakaguchi; Takao Takahashi

doi:10.1016/j.seizure.2021.05.016

Decisive evidence of direct effect of ACTH treatment in West syndrome: A case report

Seizure. 2021 Oct:91:49-51. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.05.016. Epub 2021 May 25.

Authors

Marie Sasaki¹, Toshiki Takenouchi², Yuri Sakaguchi¹, Takao Takahashi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: toshiki.take@keio.jp.

PMID: 34090146
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2021.05.016

No abstract available

Keywords: Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Corticotropin-releasing hormone; Encephalopathy; Infantile spasm; West syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / therapeutic use
Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
Humans
Spasms, Infantile* / diagnostic imaging
Spasms, Infantile* / drug therapy

Substances

Anticonvulsants
Adrenocorticotropic Hormone