A Brazilian ACTH therapy protocol for west syndrome in environmental treatment

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Background: West syndrome (WS) is an epileptic encephalopathy characterized by spasms, neurodevelopment delay, and hypsarrhythmia on electroencephalography. Infantile spasms have incidence of about 0.43 per 1000 livebirths occur between 3 12 months age. The drug's choice the adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), with varied response rates limited efficacy data, relapses, evolution to other kinds seizures in medium-long term our country.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos De Neuro-psiquiatria

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['1678-4227', '0004-282X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1774435